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ridge | American Dictionary

ridge
noun[ C ]
us/rɪdʒ/
a long, narrow, raised part of a surface, esp. a high edge of a hill or mountain:
a mountain ridge
Plowed ridges looked like stripes across the field.
A ridge of high pressure is a narrow air mass that brings good weather.
The ridge of a roof is where the sloping parts or sides come together at the top.

Examples of ridge

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In between the anterior and posterior ridges, the fused atrioventricular cushions are attached, connecting these ridges at the atrioventricular side.
Doublure incurved, narrow, gently decreasing in size anteriorly, and bearing at least two low terrace ridges.
Small earth ties are needed every 5 m along the contour ridges or deep furrows to gain better water distribution uniformity.
Almost all of the farmers plant wheat on ridges or beds using furrow irrigation.
Plots were mechanically sown on ridges in a randomized complete block design with three replications (rainy season) and five replications (dry season).
Frontal part of median lobe transverse; abaxially merging with adaxial ends of eye ridges.
Partial parameter envelopes are obtained by following ridges on a time-frequency surface.
The first situation is appropriate for crops grown in raised ridges, such as sugar beet, potatoes or cotton.
The head-capsule is flattened ventrally, and there are distinct ridges between this ventral portion and the lateral regions of the head.
The trees were planted in the furrows and the crops on the ridges.
Several features of the contour ridges in figure 10 are immediately apparent and require interpretation.
Envelopes are smooth or variably ornamented with a reticulate pattern, small convolute ridges, or rarely small granae.
The axiom, "nature does not duplicate exactly," could now be scientifically demonstrated as being applicable to the friction ridges.
The study plot is rolling with several ridges and valleys with c. 30 m typical variance in elevation.
The blocks were located along ridges t hroughout t he research forest.
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bony ridge
All the breeder's hair falls out and the head acquires a bony ridge to protect the newly expanded cranium.
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