rupestral

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Made on or placed on rock surfaces.

   “Having departed from Sardis and before reaching the mnema of Tos, the traveller saw a monument which was either a free-standing pillar or a rupestral tablet, depending on how we interpret the word.^([στήλη (stḗlē)])”

2. sıfat Constructed in rock; made of rock.

   “On the north side of the city, just outside the wall, the rupestral sanctuary of S. Biagio consists of a series of artificial caves or tunnels in the rocky hillside.”

3. sıfat Growing on rocks.

   “The rupestral species have been the next class of lichens to suffer from the atmospheric pollution; and the effects are particularly noticeable in the hilly districts in the eastern part of South Lancashire.”