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Grab: Benthic sampling device with two or more curved metal plates designed to converge when the sampler hits bottom and grab a specified volume of bottom sediment

Graben: A downthrown block between two normal faults of parallel strike but converging dips: hence a tensional feature. See also horst.

Home Page: The main page on your website, which is largely responsible for helping develop your brand and setting up the navigational schemes that will be used to help users and search engines navigate . . . View Full Definition

Interstitial: Being situated within a particular organ or tissue.

Lane Violation: You cannot move into the lane looking to grab a rebound when a foul shot is being taken until the ball actually hits the rim. If you do enter the lane too soon, it's called a lane violation . . . View Full Definition

Intermontane Basin: A basin between mountain ranges, often formed over a graben.

Carpe diem : Seize the day, live while you can, savour the moment, a subject typical of begging love poems such as andrew marvell's 'to his coy mistress.'

Hell Mouth: Students should distinguish between the medieval and Renaissance meanings of hell mouth. (1) In medieval art, the hell mouth was a stylized painting in which the entry to hell resembles a ga . . . View Full Definition

Jump Ball: A jump ball starts every game and occurs when a referee tosses the ball into the air between two players from opposite teams. During games a jump ball is called when two players from opposit . . . View Full Definition

Knobbies: The type of tires used by supercross and motocross racers. These tires have large square knobs of rubber tread that are designed and arranged in various ways to best grab the dirt. Sometimes . . . View Full Definition