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PRONUNCIATION OF APHANITIC

aphanitic  [ˌæfəˈnɪtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APHANITIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aphanitic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES APHANITIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

aphanitic

Aphanite

Aphanite, or aphanitic as an adjective, is a name given to certain igneous rocks which are so fine-grained that their component mineral crystals are not detectable by the unaided eye. This geological texture results from rapid cooling in volcanic or hypabyssal environments. As a rule, the texture of these rocks is not quite the same as that of volcanic glass, with volcanic glass being even finer grained than aphanitic rocks, and having a glass-like appearance. Aphanites are commonly porphyritic, having large crystals embedded in the fine groundmass or matrix. The large inclusions are called phenocrysts. They consist essentially of very fine-grained minerals, such as plagioclase feldspar, with hornblende or augite, and may contain also biotite, quartz, and orthoclase.

Definition of aphanitic in the English dictionary

The definition of aphanitic in the dictionary is of or resembling aphanite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APHANITIC


aconitic
ˌækəˈnɪtɪk
aragonitic
ˌærəɡəˈnɪtɪk
arenitic
ˌærəˈnɪtɪk
austenitic
ˌɔːstəˈnɪtɪk
bentonitic
ˌbɛntəˈnɪtɪk
Canaanitic
ˌkeɪnəˈnɪtɪk
Ebionitic
ˌiːbɪəˈnɪtɪk
glauconitic
ˌɡlɔːkəˈnɪtɪk
granitic
ɡrəˈnɪtɪk
limonitic
ˌlaɪməˈnɪtɪk
mannitic
məˈnɪtɪk
melanitic
ˌmɛləˈnɪtɪk
microgranitic
ˌmaɪkrəʊɡrəˈnɪtɪk
monzonitic
ˌmɒnzəˈnɪtɪk
mylonitic
ˌmaɪləˈnɪtɪk
peritonitic
ˌpɛrɪtəˈnɪtɪk
sagenitic
ˌsædʒəˈnɪtɪk
syenitic
ˌsaɪəˈnɪtɪk
tympanitic
ˌtɪmpəˈnɪtɪk
uranitic
ˌjʊərəˈnɪtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APHANITIC

aphaeresis
aphaeretic
aphagia
aphakia
aphanipterous
aphanite
aphasia
aphasiac
aphasic
aphelandra
aphelia
aphelian
aphelion
apheliotropic
apheliotropism
apheresis
apheretic
aphesis
aphetic
aphetically

WORDS THAT END LIKE APHANITIC

ammonitic
bornitic
critic
cyanitic
dunitic
encrinitic
kaolinitic
kyanitic
lignitic
nephelinitic
olivinitic
parasitic
phrenitic
politic
pyroxenitic
rhinitic
Semitic
Sinitic
sternitic
zoonitic

Synonyms and antonyms of aphanitic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aphanitic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APHANITIC

Find out the translation of aphanitic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aphanitic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aphanitic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

隐晶质
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afaníticas
570 millions of speakers

English

aphanitic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

aphanitic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

aphanitic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Aphanitic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afaníticas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

aphanitic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aphanitique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aphanitic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aphanitic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

非顕晶質の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

aphanitic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aphanitic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

aphanitic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

aphanitic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपिशॅनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

afanitik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aphanitic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

afanitowej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Aphanitic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aphanitic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

aphanitic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aphanitic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aphanitic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aphanitic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aphanitic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APHANITIC»

The term «aphanitic» is normally little used and occupies the 147.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APHANITIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aphanitic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APHANITIC»

Discover the use of aphanitic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aphanitic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Geological Survey Professional Paper
6), aphanitic dolomite, and conglomerate composed of rounded clasts of the oolitic dolomite. Unit 6 is 81 m thick and is composed of pale-red and greenish- gray siltstone to very fine grained sandstone and, in the lower half of the unit, two  ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1984
2
Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis
This book is a fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr's ground-breaking manual on lithic analysis.
William Andrefsky, Jr, 2005
3
United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
Colin. D1665 CO— 10 Limestone, silty, light-giay; weathers yellowish gray in silty part 3 Limestone, evenly laminated, very silty ; weathers yellowish gray 6 Limestone, aphanitic, resistant; in thick beds, finely and irregularly laminated; weathers ...
4
Sedimentary Provenance and Petrogenesis: Perspectives from ...
Ternary diagrams showing Gessi Formation sandstone compositions with 99% confidence regions of the mean after Weltje (2002): Qm (monocrystalline quartz), F (feldspar), and Lt (aphanitic lithic fragments and fine-grained polycrystalline ...
José Arribas, Salvatore Critelli, Mark J. Johnsson, 2007
5
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Aphanitic texture implies high crystal nucleation rates relative to growth rates, such as occur during rapid reduction in T or water content of the magma system. Relatively few aphanitic rocks are aphyric, or non-porphyritic. The presence of ...
Myron G. Best, 2013
6
The Supai Group of Grand Canyon
Edwin Dinwiddie McKee. Section 23— Continued PARASHANT CANYON- Continued Feel Supai Group — Continued Manakacha Formation, cliff unit — Continued Limestone, reddish-gray, aphanitic; contains jasper bands; forms cliff 4.5 ...
Edwin Dinwiddie McKee, 1982
7
Evolution of an Andean Margin: A Tectonic and Magmatic View ...
Block from andesitic breccia, aphanitic, dark gray, on road between Andacollo and Guanacos, 37°11.27'S, 70°41.45'W, 1133 m. (3) ESA7. Dike, aphanitic porphyritic with hornblende pheno- crysts, on road between Andacollo and Cayanta, ...
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay, Víctor A. Ramos, 2006
8
Cerro de Las Ventanas: A Northern Mesoamerican Frontier Site ...
Material Description Colors Observed Total Percent 5A: Silicified, light cherts ( silex). Aphanitic textures, conchoidal fracturing properties, silica constituent appears to be light-colored cherts. Colors are opaque, and include yellows ( 10YR 7/6), ...
Elizabeth Anne Oster, 2007
9
Earth Materials
Aphanitic textures contain small crystals less than 1 mm in diameter that are not generally discernible to the eye. With the use of a microscope or other analytical means, geologists can determine the composition and relative sequence of ...
Kevin Hefferan, John O'Brien, 2010
10
Igneous Rocks by Texture: Aphanitic Rocks, Ophitic Rocks, ...
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General Books LLC, LLC Books, 2010

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APHANITIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aphanitic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Osisko Intersects 2.26 g/t Gold Over 128 Metres at Kirkland Lake
The host rock is an aphanitic, pinkish gray to brick red, commonly microbrecciated lithology (felsite) that completely replaces well laminated ... «Marketwired, Feb 14»
2
Rapping About Darwin, for Knowledge and Glory
“I can tell you something 'bout an aphanitic.” On a screen behind him, the last word linked to a note explaining that it meant a volcanic rock. «New York Times, Jun 13»

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