toplap

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noun

An arrangement of layers of rock or sediment where the upper edges of inclined layers terminate against a flatter overlying surface.

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nountoplap (plural toplaps)

plural toplaps

  1. geographyAn arrangement of layers of rock or sediment where the upper edges of inclined layers terminate against a flatter overlying surface.
verbtoplap (third-person singular simple present toplaps, present participle toplapping, simple past and past participle toplapped)

present singular third person toplaps · participle present toplapping · participle past toplapped · past toplapped

  1. geographyTo form a toplap.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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