interbedded

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US/ɪntɚˈbɛdəd/

adjective

Occurring between beds of rock.

OriginEnglish bedded ← Latin inter- ← Proto-Italic *n̥ter →
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Meanings

adjectiveinterbedded (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeographyOccurring between beds of rock.

    They are regarded as distal turbidites and are interbedded with bioclastic limestones and massive breccioid limestones containing blocks of coral colonies and intraclasts that are regarded as proximal turbidites.

    2007, Bernhard Hubmann, Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Englishbedded
  8. Englishinterbedded

From inter- + bedded.

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APA

interbedded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interbedded

MLA

“interbedded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interbedded. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interbedded,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interbedded.

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