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Webster Dictionary

  1. Slickensidesnoun

    the smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another

  2. Slickensidesnoun

    a variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Slickensides

    slik′en-sīdz, n. the smooth, polished, or striated, and generally glazed surfaces of joints and faults in rocks, considered to have been produced by the friction of the two surfaces during the movement of the rock.—adj. Slick′ensided. [Sleek.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of slickensides in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of slickensides in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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