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interfinger

[ in-ter-fing-ger ]

verb (used without object)

, Geology.
  1. (of sedimentary rocks) to change laterally from one type to another in a zone where the two types form interpenetrating wedges.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of interfinger1

First recorded in 1970–75; inter- + finger
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Example Sentences

The forest types interfinger along the shady and the sunny slopes.

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