Earth definition

Earth means sand, gravel, rock, soil or construction aggregate produced by quarrying, crushing or any other mining activity or such other naturally-occurring unconsolidated materials that normally mask the bedrock.

Earth means the general mass of the earth;

Earth means the conductive mass of the Earth whose electric potential at any point is conventionally taken as zero;

Examples of Earth in a sentence

• The U.S. Geological Survey (hereinafter called USGS) serves the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth, minimize the loss of life and property from natural disasters, manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources, and enhance and protect our quality of life.

• The team members name and contact details will be made available to the official charity Cool Earth if the team member has opted in to give this permission during the registration process.

• Earth switch for line isolator shall be of earthing switch class E1 and shall be suitable for induced current switching duty as defined for Class-B as per relevant standard.

• Each team must use their best endeavours to raise a minimum of £500 (GB Sterling) which must be donated to the official event charity Cool Earth.

• Earth switches shall be provided at various locations to facilitate maintenance.

More Definitions of Earth

Earth means sand, gravel, rock, loam, soil, fill, or construction aggregate.

Earth means any kind of earth sold, conveyed or otherwise dealt with in the course of trade and includes earth used, or intended to be used, or capable of being used, for filling purposes or for agricultural, horticultural or gardening purposes;

Earth means any rock, stone, quartz, clay, sand and gravel and the alluvial or residual of any rock, stone, quartz, clay, sand, soil and gravel;

Earth means soil, defined as a three-phase system comprised of various combinations of naturally derived solids including fine to coarse-grained rocks and minerals, organic matter (including living organisms), weathered rock, and precipitates.

Earth means all ground other than that classified as “hard rock” or “soft rock” and shall include

Earth means ground that can be removed by hand using pickaxe and spade, and includes loose gravel, clay, made-up ground, loose or soft shale, loose ouklip, and boulders less than 75mm in diameter.

Earth s crust" means the upper layer of the ground accessible for human activity on land, in transboundary water bodies, on the territorial sea, in inland maritime waters and in the exclusive economic zone;