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crest
has definitions from the fields of zoology,heraldry,medieval,mathematics
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[ noun ] the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)An ordinary sea wave is rarely more than a_few hundred feet long from crest to crest - no longer than 320 feet in the Atlantic or 1000 feet in the Pacific . An ordinary sea wave is rarely more than a_few hundred feet long from crest to crest - no longer than 320 feet in the Atlantic or 1000 feet in the Pacific . But a tsunami often extends more than 100 miles and sometimes as much as 600 miles from crest to crest . But a tsunami often extends more than 100 miles and sometimes as much as 600 miles from crest to crest . Their amplitude sometimes is as little as two feet from trough to crest . |
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[ noun ] the top point of a mountain or hill
Examples "the view from the peak was magnificent" "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock" Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Mark asked , and Abel lifted his eyes from the double lines in the middle of the road , the twin white ribbons which the car swallowed rapidly as it ascended the crest of the hill and came_down . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the top point of a mountain or hill
Examples "the view from the peak was magnificent" "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock" Related terms topographic_point upper_bound hilltop mountain_peak pinnacle cap summit |
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[ noun ] (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
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