XENOLITH


Meaning of XENOLITH in English

— xenolithic , adj.

/zen"l ith/ , n. Petrog.

a rock fragment foreign to the igneous rock in which it is embedded. Also called inclusion .

[ 1900-05; XENO- + -LITH ]

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