MIGMATITE

Meaning of MIGMATITE in English

[ 'mɪgmətʌɪt ]

■ noun Geology a rock composed of two intermingled but distinguishable components, typically a granitic rock within a metamorphic host rock.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Gk migma , migmat- 'mixture' + -ite 1 .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

MIGMATITE — Rock composed of a metamorphic host material that is streaked or veined with granite; the name means "mixed rock. " …
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MIGMATITE — ˈmigməˌtīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Late Latin migmat-, migma mixture (from Greek, from meignynai, mignynai to mix) + English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIGMATITE — in geology, rock composed of a metamorphic (altered) host material that is streaked or veined with granite rock; the name …
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MIGMATITE — n. Rock composed of a metamorphic host material that is streaked or veined with granite; the name means "mixed rock. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MIGMATITE — мигматит
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MIGMATITE — мигматит
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MIGMATITE — мигматит
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INJECTION GNEISS — noun : migmatite
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METAMORPHIC ROCK — any of a class of rocks that result from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing environmental conditions, …
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GRANULITE FACIES — one of the major divisions of the mineral facies classification of metamorphic rocks, the rocks of which formed under the …
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GRANITIZATION — formation of granite or closely related rocks by metamorphic processes, as opposed to igneous processes in which such rocks form …
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МИГМАТИТ — migmatite
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