stoss

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromGermanstoss-,fromstossen(“to push”).

Adjective

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stoss(notcomparable)

Glacier flowing right to left over a bump of rock.
Lee side on the left; stoss side on the right
  1. (geology)Facing towards theflowof aglacierorfluid.
    1. Used to describe one side ofroche moutonnée.
    2. Used to describe one side of a subaerialduneor subaqueousripplein sediment.

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German

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Verb

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stoss

  1. singularimperativeofstossen
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