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bedding plane

noun Geology.

the surface that separates one stratum, layer, or bed of stratified rock from another.

Origin of bedding plane

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby bedding plane

bedcover, beddable, bedded, bedder, bedding, bedding plane, bedding plant, beddoes, beddy-bye, bede, bedeck

Example sentences from the Web for bedding plane

A bedding-plane is one which separates two beds, and its existence is determined during the deposition of the beds.

The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology |J. E. Marr