What does RIFT mean?
Definitions for RIFT
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Princeton's WordNet
riftnoun
a gap between cloud masses
"the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"
riftnoun
a narrow fissure in rock
rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling outnoun
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
"they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Riftnoun
A cleft; a breach; an opening.
Etymology: from rive.
He pluckt a bough, out of whose rift there come
Small drops of gory blood. Fairy Queen, b. i.She did confine thee
Into a cloven pine, within which rift
Imprison’d, thou didst painfully remain. William Shakespeare.In St. James’s fields is a conduit of brick, unto which joineth a low vault; at the end of that is a round house, with a small slit or rift; and in the conduit a window: if you cry out in the rift, it makes a fearful roaring at the window. Francis Bacon.
They have an idle tradition, that a missel bird, feeding upon a seed she cannot digest, expelleth it whole; which, falling upon a bough of a tree that hath some rift, putteth forth the misseltoe. Francis Bacon.
Either tropick
’Gan thunder, and both ends of heav’n; the clouds
From many a horrid rift abortive pour’d
Fierce rain, with lightning mixt. John Milton.Some pick out bullets from the vessels sides,
Some drive old oakum through each seam and rift. Dryd.To Riftverb
To cleave; to split.
Etymology: from the noun.
To the dread rattling thunder
Have I giv’n fire, and rifted Jove’s stout oak
With his own bolt. William Shakespeare, Tempest.At sight of him the people with a shout
Rifted the air. John Milton, Agonistes.On rifted rocks, the dragon’s late abodes,
The green reed trembles. Alexander Pope, Messiah.To Riftverb
I’d shriek, that even your ears
Should rift to hear me. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.Some trees are best for ship-timber, as oaks that grow in moist grounds; for that maketh the timber tough, and not apt to rift with ordnance. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
When ice is congealed in a cup, it will swell instead of contracting, and sometimes rift. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
Wikipedia
Rift
In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics.Typical rift features are a central linear downfaulted depression, called a graben, or more commonly a half-graben with normal faulting and rift-flank uplifts mainly on one side. Where rifts remain above sea level they form a rift valley, which may be filled by water forming a rift lake. The axis of the rift area may contain volcanic rocks, and active volcanism is a part of many, but not all, active rift systems. Major rifts occur along the central axis of most mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust and lithosphere is created along a divergent boundary between two tectonic plates. Failed rifts are the result of continental rifting that failed to continue to the point of break-up. Typically the transition from rifting to spreading develops at a triple junction where three converging rifts meet over a hotspot. Two of these evolve to the point of seafloor spreading, while the third ultimately fails, becoming an aulacogen.
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rift
A rift is a gap, crack, or break in something, typically caused by a separation or disagreement between two factions. In geographical terms, it refers to a large crack in the earth's surface caused by tectonic movements.
Webster Dictionary
Rift
p. p. of Rive
Riftnoun
an opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure
Riftnoun
a shallow place in a stream; a ford
Riftverb
to cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds
Riftverb
to burst open; to split
Riftverb
to belch
Etymology: [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to rend. See Rive.]
Wikidata
Rift
In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the Earth's crust and lithosphere are being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics. Typical rift features are a central linear downfaulted depression, called a graben, or more commonly a half-graben with normal faulting and rift-flank uplifts mainly on one side. Where rifts remain above sea level they form a rift valley, which may be filled by water forming a rift lake. The axis of the rift area may contain volcanic rocks, and active volcanism is a part of many, but not all active rift systems. Major rifts occur along the central axis of most mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust and lithosphere is created along a divergent boundary between two tectonic plates. Failed rifts are the result of continental rifting that failed to continue to the point of break-up. Typically the transition from rifting to spreading develops at a triple junction where three converging rifts meet over a hotspot. Two of these evolve to the point of seafloor spreading, while the third ultimately fails, becoming an aulacogen.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rift
rift, n. an opening split in anything: a fissure: a veil: a fording-place.—v.t. to rive: to cleave.—v.i. to split: to burst open. [Rive.]
Rap Dictionary
riftverb
See step to. "Don't rift, I spill it like a bottle of Cris'" -- Killarmy (Monster)
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of RIFT in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of RIFT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of RIFT in a Sentence
I think we are going to see a slow build up of content and then we will start to see an avalanche of content maybe a few months after the Oculus( Rift) hits, i think that 2016 really is going to be when we see that inflection, the true transition for virtual reality.
Pasternak griped. I dont think you can on the one hand say to people, save the planet, save plastic, and then be revving up a massive carbon footprint going for a lavish baby shower in New York. I dont think it looks good and I dont think its appropriate. MEGHAN MARKLE WILL LIKELY BE HELD BACK BY ROYAL FAMILY, EXPERT WARNS Pasternak also claimed to believe theres a rift between Markle and Kate Middleton and Princes Prince Harry and William. I think theyre undoubtedly true. William is very responsible, he knows what his role is and Kate Middleton has come alongside that and executed that extremely well.
The implications of this rift go beyond personal matters.
I think it's probably a rift that is going to go on for a while longer, however, we will be making efforts to sit down and talk with the union leaders in particular to deal with their issues.
All of you in the media want do create this big rift. And I’ll tell you ahead of time that I’m not going to buy into it.
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