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bed·rock

(bĕd′rŏk′)

1. The solid rock that underlies loose material, such as soil, sand, clay, or gravel.

a. The very basis; the foundation: Ownership of land is the bedrock of democracy.

b. The lowest point: personal finances that were at bedrock.

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bedrock

(ˈbɛdˌrɒk)

1. (Geological Science) the solid unweathered rock that lies beneath the loose surface deposits of soil, alluvium, etc

2. basic principles or facts (esp in the phrase get down to bedrock)

3. the lowest point, level, or layer

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bed•rock

(ˈbɛdˌrɒk)

n.

1. unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments.

2. the bottom layer.

3. any firm foundation.

4. the fundamental principles, as of a science.

[1840–50, Amer.]

bed·rock

(bĕd′rŏk′)

The solid rock that lies beneath the soil and other loose material on the Earth's surface.

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bedrock

The mass of solid rock that lies beneath the regolith.

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Noun	1.	bedrock - solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
	2.	bedrock - principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics" basic principle, fundamental principle, fundamentals, basics principle - a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy" ABC, ABCs, ABC's, first principle, first rudiment, rudiment, alphabet - the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"

bedrock

noun

1. first principle, rule, basis, basics, principle, essentials, roots, core, fundamentals, cornerstone, nuts and bolts (informal), sine qua non (Latin), rudiment Mutual trust is the bedrock of a relationship.

2. bottom, bed, foundation, underpinning, rock bottom, substructure, substratum It took five years to drill down to bedrock.

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peruskallio

fondo roccioso

grunnfjell

bedrock

[ˈbedrɒk] N (Geol) → lecho m de roca (fig) → lo fundamental, base f
to get down to bedrock → ir a lo fundamental

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bedrock

[ˈbɛdrɒk] n

(= foundation) → fondement m

(= solid rock) → roche f en place, socle m

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bedrock

(Geol) → Grundgebirge or -gestein nt

(fig) to get down to or to reach bedrock → zum Kern der Sache kommen

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bedrock

[ˈbɛdˌrɒk] n (Geol) → basamento; (fig) → fondamento, base f
the moral bedrock of the nation → il fondamento morale della nazione

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And, moreover, when you come right down to the bedrock, knight-errantry is WORSE than pork; for whatever happens, the pork's left, and so somebody's benefited anyway; but when the market breaks, in a knight-errantry whirl, and every knight in the pool passes in his checks, what have you got for assets?

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All superficial accumulations were swept away, and the bedrock was exposed.

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It emptied in a riffle, across exposed bedrock, into another pool.

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Jeep India, a subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler, has launched the Bedrock edition of the Compass in India.

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Configured with the standard Bedrock IEC 61131-3 engineering tools, the Bedrock OSA Remote combines a programmable logic controller (PLC), remote terminal unit (RTU) and edge capabilities; universal I/O; and, of course, intrinsic cybersecurity.