baselap

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noun

The lower boundary of a layer of rock where upper rock beds spread out over the underlying surface.

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Meanings

nounbaselap (plural baselaps)

plural baselaps

  1. geographyThe lower boundary of a layer of rock where upper rock beds spread out over the underlying surface.
verbbaselap (third-person singular simple present baselaps, present participle baselapping, simple past and past participle baselapped)

present singular third person baselaps · participle present baselapping · participle past baselapped · past baselapped

  1. geographyTo form a baselap.

Origin

From base + lap.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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