Chatter Mark (Noun)
Meaning 1
A mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The glaciologist carefully examined the chatter mark on the smooth surface of the granite slab to determine the direction of ice flow.
- Chatter marks on the rock face indicated that the glacier had moved rapidly in a northeasterly direction.
- As the glacier scoured the landscape, it left behind a series of parallel chatter marks that told a story of repeated movement.
- The presence of chatter marks on the valley walls provided important evidence of glacier activity in this previously unknown region.
- Researchers studying the chatter marks on the bedrock concluded that the glacier had moved in pulses, rather than a steady, continuous motion.