Meanings
nounbeach ball plot (plural beach ball plots)
plural beach ball plots
- A kind of diagram illustrating the focal mechanism of an earthquake.
Synonyms: beach ball diagram
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of diagram illustrating the focal mechanism of an earthquake.
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Origin
From the resemblance to a striped sphere.
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Rhymes with beach ball plot
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