TRICHITE


Meaning of TRICHITE in English

— trichitic /tri kit"ik/ , adj.

/trik"uyt/ , n. Petrog.

any of various minute, hairlike mineral bodies occurring in certain vitreous igneous rocks, esp. obsidian.

[ 1865-70; trich-, s. of thríx hair + -ITE 1 ]

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