rifting

Meanings

• Verb

  The process of splitting or separating something, particularly a large body of ice from a glacier or iceberg from an ice shelf.

  - "The glacier was rifting, creating a new iceberg."
  - "The ice shelf was rifting apart due to global warming."

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Variants

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rift , rifted , rifting , rifts

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Etymology

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Originally from Old Norse 'rifa', meaning 'to cleave, split' or 'to tear, rend'.

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Trivia

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1. Rifting is also a term used in geology to describe the process of the Earth's crust separating and creating new land.

2. The largest iceberg ever recorded, B-15, broke off from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 2000 and was about the size of the country of Switzerland.

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Related Concepts

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1. Calving: The process of large icebergs breaking off from a glacier or iceberg and falling into the water.

2. Iceberg: A large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or ice shelf and is floating in the sea.

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Culture

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Rifting is a natural geological process and has been a subject of interest in various fields such as glaciology, oceanography, and climate science.

How to Memorize "rifting"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large iceberg breaking off from a glacier and falling into the water.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'rifting' with the image of a glacier splitting apart.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'rifting' as 'R-I-F-T-I-N-G' stands for 'Ripping Ice From The Iceberg'.

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