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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Please explain this sentence

In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction.

Can someone please explain to me what the underlined part of this definition means?

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Top answer

Not circular or square. Oval or rectangular. Longer than wide.

— CalifJim

  • Not circular or square.
  • Oval or rectangular.
  • Longer than wide.
  • CJ
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Not circular or square.
Oval or rectangular.
Longer than wide.

CJ
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OK, so it's the extent (the degree to which something extends) in one direction that suggests that it is longer than wide?

Why do they say it in this way? Wouldn't there be a clearer way? Extent in one direction just seems unclear. Maybe that's just me though.
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English 1b3Why do they say it in this way?
You'll have to ask them. The reason could range anywhere from an attempt to say something in a more elegant way than usual to a perverse desire to be mean.
English 1b3Wouldn't there be a clearer way?
Probably.
English 1b3Extent in one direction just seems un
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Hi,

. . . a depression with predominant extent in one direction.

Every specialized field has its own technical terms, its own jargon.

This may well be the way geologists regularly talk to other geologists.

Clive
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CliveHi,. . . a depression with predominant extent in one direction.Every specialized field has its own technical terms, its own jargon.This may well be the way geologists regularly talk to other geologists. Clive

Thanks, Clive. I feel a little better about myself now.
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Hi,

I don't understand that jargon, because I'm a dancer, not a geologist.

Clive
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