map symbol

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The map symbol called strike and dip or rock attitude indicates the orientation of rock strata with reference to north-south and horizontal.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

"We're uncertain about that one," he remarked, laying his pencil on the map symbol for an M.G.

From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick