LAMPROPHYRE


Meaning of LAMPROPHYRE in English

— lamprophyric /lam'preuh fir"ik/ , adj.

/lam"preuh fuyeur'/ , n. Petrol.

any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.

[ 1885-90; lampro- ( lamprós clear) + -PHYRE ]

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