Crevasse
A crevasse is a deep crack, or fracture, found in an ice sheet or glacier, as opposed to a crevice that forms in rock. Crevasses form as a result of the movement and resulting stress associated with the shear stress generated when two semi-rigid pieces above a plastic substrate have different rates of movement. The resulting intensity of the shear stress causes a breakage along the faces.
Crevice (noun)
A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
Crevice (verb)
To crack; to flaw.
Crevasse (noun)
A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.
Crevasse (noun)
A breach in a canal or river bank.
Crevasse (noun)
A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.
Crevasse (verb)
To form crevasses.
Crevasse (verb)
To fissure with crevasses.