English Explanatory Dictionary

guyot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flat-topped seamount.
name
  1. A surname from French.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡiː.əʊ/ /ɡiˈoʊ/

Word forms

guyot guyots

Etymology

Coined by Harry Hammond Hess circa 1965 due to their similar appearance to Guyot Hall, the flat-topped geology building at Princeton University, which was in turn named after Swiss-American geologist Arnold Henry Guyot.

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