MICROLITH


Meaning of MICROLITH in English

/muy"kreuh lith/ , n. Archaeol.

a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, esp. during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times. Cf. macrolith, tranchet .

[ 1875-80; MICRO- + -LITH ]

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