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Definition of: peneplain
(pē′nə·plān′, pē′nə·plān′) noun Geol.
A region of faint or low relief, the penultimate result of long–continued action of denudation on a once larger land mass, whose ultimate result is a base–leveled plain. Also pe′ne·plane′. [<L paene almost + PLAIN]
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