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2024
Wentworth_scale
Wentworth scale
English
Proper noun
Wentworth
scale
(
geology
,
US
)
A
particle
classification
system, classifying based on
diameter
.
See also
colloid
clay
silt
mud
sand
gravel
granule
pebble
cobble
boulder
Etymology
Introduced by C. K. Wentworth in a 1922 paper.
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