Meanings
adjectiveonland (not comparable)
- not comparableOn the land, as opposed to the ocean.
Rocks from the ocean ridges also show the dual line of descent, though not as markedly as some of the onland ophiolites.
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey1 more example
Cairn Energy gave India its biggest onland oil discovery but exited the country after it was slapped with a Rs 10,247-crore tax demand using a legislation that gave the government the powers to tax companies retrospectively.
2021 January 31, “Govt may give oilfield in lieu of $1.4 billion it has to pay Cairn”, in Telangana Today
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