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pebble

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Terminological databases

Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 656780 Last modified 10.11.2025
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Domain astronomy
  • sentimeetrite suurused kivid, mille akumuleerumisel võivad protoplanetaarses kettas tekkida planeetide tuumad
  • cm-sized solid bodies by accretion of which the cores of planets may form in protoplanetary disks
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triivkivi
pebble
Usage examples
  • We propose that protoplanets accreted a major fraction (10–50 per cent) of their mass from pebbles and rocks during the gaseous solar nebula phase.

Limnoloogia sõnastik

ID 637405 Last modified 15.05.2024
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Domain petrology & petrography
canto preferred
canto rodado
guijarro
chinarro
Kiesel preferred
Kieselstein
  • vooluvee, lainete või liustikujää toimel ümardunud 1–10-cm-se läbimõõduga purdosake
  • a small water- or wind-worn stone, larger than gravel, smaller than a cobble
  • fragment de roche arrondi par suite d’une érosion lors de son transport par un cours d’eau ou par la mer
  • окатанные и отшлифованные текучей водой или волнами обломки горных пород размером от 1 до 10 см
veeris
pebble
canto preferred
canto rodado
guijarro
chinarro
china
galet
Kiesel preferred
Kieselstein
Geröll
галька

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