rock bump

rock bump

[′räk ‚bəmp]
(mining engineering)
The sudden release of the weight of the rocks over a coal seam or of enormous lateral stresses.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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