GRANULITE

Meaning of GRANULITE in English

— granulitic /gran'yeuh lit"ik/ , adj.

/gran"yeuh luyt'/ , n.

a metamorphic rock composed of granular minerals of uniform size, as quartz, feldspar, or pyroxene, and showing a definite banding.

[ 1840-50; GRANULE + -ITE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

GRANULITE — n [Mineral.] granulite
Interlingua English vocab
GRANULITE — noun Date: 1849 a granular metamorphic rock consisting mainly of feldspar and quartz, granulitic adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GRANULITE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌlīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary granul- + -ite : a banded or laminated whitish granular rock …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRANULITE — (n.) A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.
Английский словарь Webster
GRANULITE — ( n. ) A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GRANULITE — n. type of rock
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GRANULITE — noun Date: 1849 : a granular metamorphic rock consisting mainly of feldspar and quartz • gran·u·lit·ic ˌgran-yə-ˈli-tik adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRANULITE — noun a whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.
Webster English vocab
GRANULITE — ■ noun Geology a fine-grained granular metamorphic rock consisting mainly of feldspars and quartz. Derivatives granulitic adjective
Concise Oxford English vocab
GRANULITE — [gran.u.lite] n (1849): a granular metamorphic rock consisting mainly of feldspar and quartz -- gran.u.lit.ic adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRANULITE — гранулит (минералогия) гранулит
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRANULITE — n мин. гранулит
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRANULITE — (n) гранулит
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GRANULITE — n мин. гранулит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
GRANULITE — n мин. гранулит
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GRANULITE — гранулит (минералогия) гранулит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRANULITE — n. Pronunciation: ' gran-y ə - ˌ l ī t Function: noun Date: 1849 : a granular metamorphic rock consisting …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GRANULITE FACIES — One of the major divisions of the mineral facies classification of metamorphic rocks, encompassing rocks that formed under intense temperature-pressure …
Английский словарь Британика
GRANULITE FACIES — one of the major divisions of the mineral facies classification of metamorphic rocks, the rocks of which formed under the …
Britannica English vocabulary
GRANULITE FACIES — One of the major divisions of the mineral facies classification of metamorphic rocks, encompassing rocks that formed under intense temperature-pressure …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GRANULITIC — adjective see: granulite
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
METAMORPHIC ROCK — Any of a class of rocks that result from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing geological conditions, …
Английский словарь Британика
FACIES — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) amphibolite facies {{link=glaucophane schist facies">glaucophane schist facies granulite facies greenschist facies sedimentary facies zeolitic …
Английский словарь Британика
AMPHIBOLITE FACIES — One of the major divisions of the mineral facies classification of Less-intense temperatures and pressures form rocks of the {{link=epidote-amphibolite …
Английский словарь Британика
GRANULITIC — adjective see granulite
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEPTYNITE — (n.) See Granulite.
Английский словарь Webster
LEPTYNITE — ( n. ) See Granulite.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GRANULITIC — see granulite
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEPTYNITE — noun ·see granulite.
Webster English vocab
VESUVIANITE — also called idocrase common silicate mineral that occurs in crystalline limestones near their contacts with igneous rocks, and in beds …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCAPOLITE — any of a group of feldspathoid minerals found in calcium-rich metamorphic rocks, particularly marble, gneiss, granulite, greenschist, and skarns. Principal …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRECAMBRIAN TIME — period of time that extends from a little more than 3.9 billion years ago, which is the approximate age of …
Britannica English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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