Aretaic vs Arete - What's the difference?
aretaic | arete | Related terms |
(geology) A very thin ridge of rock.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 88:
Arete is a related term of aretaic.
As an adjective aretaic
is of or pertaining to virtue or excellence.As a noun arête is
a very thin ridge of rock.arete
English
Alternative forms
* areteNoun
(en noun)- In his old department in Zürich, they sit in glass cases: models to the life of the peaks he had studied, with the strata painted beautifully and accurately, passing over arête and valley alike.