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GEOLOGICAL HORIZON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("geological horizon" is a kind of...):
horizon (a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land)