STOSS

Etymology

Adjective

stoss (not comparable)

(geology) Facing towards the flow of a glacier or fluid.

Used to describe one side of rôche moutonnée.

Used to describe one side of a subaerial dune or subaqueous ripple in sediment.

Antonyms

• (geology, nautical) lee

Source: Wiktionary



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