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卓状地 (たくじょうち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

卓たく状じょう地ち

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Meanings

1

tableland; plateau

Geological term for a flat, elevated landform. Often used in technical contexts; compare with 台地 (だいち), which is more common in everyday language.

See also: 台地

Kanji

卓eminent, table, desk
状status quo, conditions, circumstances
地ground, earth

Related words

台だい地ち
台地 is the more common word for plateau or tableland in general usage, while 卓状地 is a technical geological term.

Etymology

この地ち域いきには広こう大だいな卓たく状じょう地ちが広ひろがっている。

A vast tableland stretches across this region.

Compound of 卓 (table) + 状 (shape) + 地 (land), literally 'table-shaped land'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern geological coinage.