massif

n.

1. A large mountain mass or compact group of connected mountains forming an independent portion of a range.
2. A large section or block of the earth's crust that is more rigid than the surrounding rock and has been moved or displaced as a unit.

[French, massive, massif, from Old French. See massive.]

A block of the Earth's crust commonly consisting of crystalline gneisses and schists, the textural appearance of which is generally markedly different from that of the surrounding rocks. Common usage indicates that a massif has limited areal extent and considerable topographic relief. Structurally, a massif may form the core of an anticline or may be a block bounded by faults or even unconformities. In any case, during the final stages of its development a massif acts as a relatively homogeneous tectonic unit which to some extent controls the structures that surround it. Numerous complex internal structures may be present; many of these are not related to its development as a massif but are the mark of previous deformations.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bjergparti, massiv

idioms:

• mountain massif    bjergmassiv

Nederlands (Dutch)
massief

Français (French)
n. - massif

Deutsch (German)
n. - Massiv

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ορεινός όγκος, ορεινό συγκρότημα

idioms:

• mountain massif    ορεινός όγκος, ορεινό συγκρότημα

Italiano (Italian)
massiccio (montagnoso)

idioms:

• mountain massif    massiccio montagnoso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - maciço (m) (Geol.)

idioms:

• mountain massif    maciço montanhoso (m)

Русский (Russian)
горный массив

idioms:

• mountain massif    горный массив

Español (Spanish)
n. - macizo, resistente, fuerte, masivo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - massiv

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
山丘

idioms:

• mountain massif    山岳, 大山块, 断层块

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 山丘

idioms:

• mountain massif    山岳, 大山塊, 斷層塊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 중심 봉우리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大山塊, 断層塊, 断層地塊

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هضبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גוש הרים‬

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