backdeep

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noun

A deeply subsiding, epieugeosynclinal basin or trough (epieugeosyncline) with no or limited volcanism (associated with narrow uplifts over a deformed, intruded eugeosyncline, from which it derives its sediments); a postorogenic geosynclinal basin.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounbackdeep (plural backdeeps)

plural backdeeps

  1. A deeply subsiding, epieugeosynclinal basin or trough (epieugeosyncline) with no or limited volcanism (associated with narrow uplifts over a deformed, intruded eugeosyncline, from which it derives its sediments); a postorogenic geosynclinal basin.

Translations

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APA

backdeep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backdeep

MLA

“backdeep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backdeep. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backdeep,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backdeep.

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