Associations to the word «Isostasy»
Noun
Wiktionary
ISOSTASY, noun. (geology) The state of balance or pressure equilibrium thought to exist within the Earth's crust, whereby the upper lithosphere floats on denser magma beneath.
Dictionary definition
ISOSTASY, noun. (geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.