stoss

adj — 2 senses

stoss

adj

Etymology Borrowed from German stoss-, from stossen (“to push”). Further from Proto-Germanic *stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (extended from *(s)tew-).

› Facing towards the flow of a glacier or fluid.

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Used to describe one side of roche moutonnée.

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Used to describe one side of a subaerial dune or subaqueous ripple in sediment.

Antonyms: lee
Derived terms: stoss therapy

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