Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Summit

Summit

The highest point of any landform remanant, hill, or mountain.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
Improve it
More
Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

More

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Related terms

summit
Military; General military

The highest altitude above mean sea level that a projectile reaches in its flight from the gun to the target; the algebraic sum of the maximum ordinate and the altitude of the ...

summit
Earth science; Soil science

The highest point of any landform remanant, hill, or mountain.

summit
Language; Dictionaries

The top; the highest point.

summit diplomacy
Politics; Political Science

Meetings between the heads of governments of major powers that discuss the relations between them. During the Cold War, summit diplomacy developed as a major means by which the ...

Aqaba Summit
History; Israeli history

Meeting held in the Jordanian city of Aqaba in 2003 between U.S., Israeli, and Arab officials. Upon endorsement by the Quartet (U.S., Russia, E.U., and the U.N.), a plan was ...

swamp
Earth science; Soil science

Swamp is an area which is flooded or drenched with water and related to plunge or cause to sink.

semiarid
Earth science; Soil science

Fairly dry because of low rainfall. Semiarid regions, such as a prairie, usually have enough water for grasses and some bushes to grow.

talus
Earth science; Soil science

A sloping pile of small pieces of rock that is at the base of a cliff is called talus.

silt
Earth science; Soil science

Small grains or particles of broken down rock. Silt particles are smaller than grains of sand but larger than the particles in clay.

talc
Earth science; Soil science

A very soft, white or green mineral found in igneous and metamorphic rocks is called talc.

stone
Earth science; Soil science

A general term for rock, especially as used in construction. A hard clump of minerals that forms in a part of body.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Financial services Category: Private equity

Waiting period

(USA) The period of time between the filing of a registration statement with the SEC and the time when it is declared effective. See 'Cooling-off ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

10 Of The Most Dangerous Hit-men of All Time

Category: Entertainment   2 10 Terms

Works by Da Vinci

Category: Arts   3 20 Terms

Browers Terms By Category

TERMS

SOCIAL

EXTRAS

SOLUTIONS