guyot
- noun
- /ɡiˈjoʊ/
- Specialized
- Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113, 202 (1895).
Examples
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Thank you, Guyot.
Blog text (5) -
Other efforts have estimated out-of-pocket costs for children with disabilities or chronic health conditions (for example, Birenbaum, Guyot, & Cohen, 1990; Fujiura, Roccoforte, & Braddock, 1994).
Academic text (2006) -
Less than 250 feet right on top of the guyot.
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The standards set forth in Hilton v. Guyot represent the minimum requirement of due process under the U.S. Constitution and are applied under federal law.
Academic text (1991) -
Yet, both the incidence and the functions of each type of bond differ across historical periods, societies, or places (Guyot, 1993), and this invalidates the concept of interracial marriage, which includes distinct phenomena.
Academic text (2001) -
After many succulent dishes, the French shot off rockets, the ship's guns were fired to the panicky thrill of the Tahitians and, as Duclos-Guyot tartly observed, "stealing flourished."
Fiction book (1991) -
The research team studied a unique guyot in the Pacific Ocean, which was characterized by its flat summit and volcanic origin.
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Scientists believe that the formation of a guyot can provide insights into the geological history of ocean basins.
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During their expedition, they discovered several guyots that had been eroded over time and now lie beneath the water's surface.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Guyot comes from the name of the Swiss-American geographer Arnold Guyot, who wrote about mountains with flat tops, and scientists used his name for similar flat-topped underwater mountains. So a guyot is like a 'table' in the sea — a volcanic mountain with a flat top.