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Definition of upthrust noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

upthrust

noun

NAmE//ˈʌpθrʌst//

[uncountable]

1(physics) the force with which a liquid or gas pushes up against an object that is floating in it

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2(geology) = uplift

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