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One of these lines girdles the whole globe, while others lie in certain directions more or less coincident with lines of flexure, plication or faulting.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Edward Hull
Movements of the earth's crust, plication of strata, origin of mountains, earthquakes, etc.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various
Lastly, at intervals, probably separated from each other by vast periods of time, the terrestrial crust undergoes intense plication and fracture, and is consequently ridged up into mountain-chains.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Multiplicate: with many longitudinal folds or lines of plication.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Besides such intense plication, extensive rupturing of the crust has taken place in the same range of mountains.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
