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stillstand [′stil‚stand]
(geology)
A period during which a land area, a continent, or an island remains stationary with respect to the interior of the earth or to sea level.


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Ein Verhältnis von 3 zu 5 zwischen der Riemenspannung an der gespannten Seite und der an der losen Seite ist angemessen (im Stillstand sind beide Seiten gleich).
This outwash surface slopes toward the Manistee River, which presumably carried the meltwater front this stagnant ice stillstand.
During the Badger's voyage in 1776 Captain Peter Potter came up against African slave traders acting as a cooperative to gain the best prices: "I have had but one intire stillstand of trade for a whole month.
 
 
 
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