ˈstīləˌlīt noun
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary styl- (I) + -lite
: a small longitudinally grooved column of the same material as the rock in which it occurs often resulting from the slipping under vertical pressure of a part capped by a shell through adjacent parts not so capped though one or more layers (as of limestone) may be affected by stylolitic structure throughout where there is no capping object
• sty·lo·lit·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|lid.ik adjective