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名詞

ridgeline (plural ridgelines)

1. The topmost edge along a mountain ridge.

   To either side there are beautiful views from the trail along the ridgeline.

   • a. 2007, Federal Aviation Administration, Rotorcraft Flying Handbook, →ISBN, Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, p. 10-8 [1]

     A ridgeline is a long area from which the surface drops away steeply on one or two sides, such as a bluff or precipice.

   • 1999, Stewart M. Green, Rock Climbing Arizona‎, Globe Pequot, →ISBN, page 77:

     As the trail flattens out, it follows the draw up right to a saddle in the ridgeline.

   • 2003, John R. Nolon, Open Ground: Effective Local Strategies for Protecting Natural Resources‎, Environmental Law Institute, →ISBN, page 29:

     Surface runoff from ridgeline development can contaminate rivers and streams that supply drinking water downstream.

   • a. 2003, Zoning regulations of the Town of Clinton, New York, §2.5, cited in [4]

     These ridgelines and hilltops are exceptional aesthetic and ecological resources, visible from many perspectives and distances.

   • 2005, Margaret Weis, chapter 34, in Master of Dragons‎, Macmillan, →ISBN:

     Standing atop the ridgeline, King Edward watched the nightmare scenario he himself had predicted.

   • 2026 February 27, Paul Salopek, “Hazard Cascade”, in National Geographic‎:

     At least a hundred million tons of rock are sliding down the Chugach peaks surrounding Portage Glacier. Ridgelines are cracking apart. Massive ramparts of stone are slumping, in places alarmingly, by meters each year.

2. (architecture) The topmost edge along a roof, where its sloping sides meet.

派生語

• ridgeline plot

アナグラム

• lingeried