Crevice
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A crevice usually refers to a fracture or fissure in rock (compare to a crevasse
, which is in ice).
Crevice may also refer to:
Crevasse
A crevasse is a deep crack in an ice sheet rhys glacier . Crevasses form as a result of the movement and resulting stress associated with the sheer stress generated when two semi-rigid pieces above a plastic substrate have different rates of movement...
, which is in ice).
Crevice may also refer to:
- Crevice corrosionCrevice corrosionCrevice corrosion refers to corrosion occurring in confined spaces to which the access of the working fluid from the environment is limited. These spaces are generally called crevices...
, occurs in spaces to which the access of corrosion-resistant fluid is limited - Crevice kelpfish (Gibbonsia montereyensis), a species of subtropical clinid
- Crevice Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus poinsettii), a small, typically shy, phrynosomadtid lizard
- Crevice weaverCrevice weaverThe crevice weaver spiders contain primitive cribellate. They are haplogyne weavers of funnel or tube webs. The family contains 17 genera and more than hundred described species worldwide. One of the most abundant members of this family in the Americas is the Southern house spider...
(family Filistatidae), a haplogyne spider that weaves funnel or tube webs