What does mountainous mean?
Definitions for mountainous
ˈmaʊn tn əsmoun·tain·ous
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word mountainous.
Princeton's WordNet
cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainousadjective
having hills and crags
"hilly terrain"
mountainousadjective
like a mountain in size and impressiveness
"mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man"
mountainousadjective
containing many mountains
Wiktionary
mountainousadjective
Having many mountains; rough (terrain); rocky.
mountainousadjective
Resembling a mountain, especially in size.
mountainousadjective
Very difficult.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mountainousadjective
Etymology: from mountain.
The ascent of the land from the sea to the foot of the mountains, and the height of the mountains from the bottom to the top, are to be computed, when you measure the height of a mountain, or of a mountainous land, in respect of the sea. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
What custom wills in all things, shou’d we do’t,
Mountainous error wou’d be too highly heapt
For truth to o’erpeer. William Shakespeare.On earth, in air, amidst the seas and skies,
Mountainous heaps of wonders rise;
Whose tow’ring strength will ne’er submit
To reason’s batteries, or the mines of wit. Matthew Prior.In destructions by deluge and earthquake, the remnant which hap to be reserved are ignorant and mountainous people, that can give no account of the time past. Francis Bacon, Essays.
Wikipedia
mountainous
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1,000 feet) above the surrounding land. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges.Mountains are formed through tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers.High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction, such as mining and logging, along with recreation, such as mountain climbing and skiing. The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Asia, whose summit is 8,850 m (29,035 ft) above mean sea level. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars at 21,171 m (69,459 ft).
ChatGPT
mountainous
Mountainous refers to a region or area that is characterized by having numerous or significant mountains or mountain ranges, often featuring rugged, steep terrain, and high altitudes. It generally implies that a large part of the land is high above sea level.
Webster Dictionary
Mountainousadjective
full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss
Mountainousadjective
inhabiting mountains
Mountainousadjective
large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap
Etymology: [F. montagneux, L. montaniosus.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mountainous in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mountainous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of mountainous in a Sentence
Flying into Saba is extraordinary, you approach the mountainous island towering out of the sea, to see an impossibly tiny runway appear perched on a cliff.
The Apollo landing sites were all near the Moon’s equator, such that the Earth was almost directly overhead for the astronauts, but from the Philolaus skylights, Earth would loom just over the crater’s mountainous rim, near the horizon to the southeast.
These rainfall amounts may produce life-threatening flash flooding, dangerous debris flows and landslides are also possible in mountainous terrain.
Faced by the mountainous heap of the minutiae of knowledge and awed by the watchful severity of his colleagues, the modern historian too often takes refuge in learned articles or narrowly specialized dissertations, small fortresses that are easy to defend from attack.
Defense Minister Panos Kammenos:
Armed forces have been ordered to start patrols throughout Greece, and particularly in mountainous regions.
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- dağlıqAzerbaijani
- muntanyósCatalan, Valencian
- horskýCzech
- mynyddogWelsh
- bergigGerman
- monta, montoza, montaraEsperanto
- montañosoSpanish
- کوهستانیPersian
- vuoristoinenFinnish
- montagneuxFrench
- sléibhteach, sléibhtiúilIrish
- beanntachScottish Gaelic
- montañosoGalician
- hegyvidéki, hegyes, hegyiHungarian
- լեռնայինArmenian
- montozaIdo
- montagnosoItalian
- მთიანიGeorgian
- планинскиMacedonian
- уулархагMongolian
- bergachtigDutch
- montanhosoPortuguese
- alpinRomansh
- гористыйRussian
- gorovitSerbo-Croatian
- gôrskiSlovene
- dağlıkTurkish
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