Meaning of Erratic | Babel Free
ɪˈɹætɪkDefinitions
Equivalents
العربية
عصبي
Català
erràtic
Dansk
tilfældig
Ελληνικά
αλλοπρόσαλλος
Français
erratique
Հայերեն
անկանոն
日本語
とっぴ
Latina
erraticus
Nederlands
onregelmatig
Svenska
flyttblock
Examples
“The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic, but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply⟳ more often to the theories than to the rocks.”
“During the last⟳ ice-age, massive stones were carried for miles by the scouring glaciers, only to be left, like⟳ passengers at the end⟳ of the line, when the glaciers retreated. Stranded in their new surroundings with rocks with which they share⟳ no common geology, their out-of-place-ness is evoked by their name⟳: “erratics”.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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