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PRONUNCIATION OF CONCRETIONARY

concretionary  [kənˈkriːʃənərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONCRETIONARY

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

WHAT DOES CONCRETIONARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

concretionary

Concretion

A concretion is a hard, compact mass of sedimentary rock formed by the precipitation of mineral cement within the spaces between the sediment grains. Concretions are often ovoid or spherical in shape, although irregular shapes also occur. The word 'concretion' is derived from the Latin con meaning 'together' and crescere meaning 'to grow'. Concretions form within layers of sedimentary strata that have already been deposited. They usually form early in the burial history of the sediment, before the rest of the sediment is hardened into rock. This concretionary cement often makes the concretion harder and more resistant to weathering than the host stratum. There is an important distinction to draw between concretions and nodules. Concretions are formed from mineral precipitation around some kind of nucleus while a nodule is a replacement body. Descriptions dating from the 18th century attest to the fact that concretions have long been regarded as geological curiosities. Because of the variety of unusual shapes, sizes and compositions, concretions have been interpreted to be dinosaur eggs, animal and plant fossils, extraterrestrial debris or human artifacts.

Definition of concretionary in the English dictionary

The definition of concretionary in the dictionary is containing, consisting of, produced by or producing concretions.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONCRETIONARY


ablutionary
əˈbluːʃənərɪ
cautionary
ˈkɔːʃənərɪ
coevolutionary
ˌkəʊiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
convolutionary
ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃənərɪ
counter-revolutionary
ˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
diversionary
daɪˈvɜːʃənərɪ
elocutionary
ˌeləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
evolutionary
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
extortionary
ɪkˈstɔːʃənərɪ
illocutionary
ˌɪləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
incretionary
ɪnˈkriːʃənərɪ
institutionary
ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənərɪ
locutionary
ləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
macroevolutionary
ˌmækrəʊˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
perlocutionary
ˌpɜːləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
precautionary
prɪˈkɔːʃənərɪ
reversionary
rɪˈvɜːʃənərɪ
revolutionary
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
secretionary
sɪˈkriːʃənərɪ
substitutionary
ˌsʌbstɪˈtjuːʃənərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONCRETIONARY

concrescent
concrete
concrete jungle
concrete mixer
concrete music
concrete noun
concrete number
concrete poetry
concretely
concreteness
concretion
concretisation
concretise
concretism
concretist
concretive
concretively
concretization
concretize
concrew

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONCRETIONARY

accretionary
cardiopulmonary
confectionary
coronary
data dictionary
dictionary
discretionary
exclusionary
expansionary
expeditionary
inflationary
missionary
nonstationary
ordinary
post-Revolutionary
probationary
pulmonary
reactionary
revisionary
stationary
visionary

Synonyms and antonyms of concretionary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «concretionary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONCRETIONARY

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

Translator English - Chinese

凝固
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

concretionary
570 millions of speakers

English

concretionary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

concretionary
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

concretionary
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конкреционный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

concretionary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জমাট বাঁধাইবার শক্তিসংপন্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

concrétionnaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Konkrit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

concretionäre
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

concretionary
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

concretionary
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Concretionary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

co hẹp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

concretionary
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कन्फेर्शिअन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

concretionary
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

concrezionale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

concretionary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

конкреційні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

concreționare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

concretionary
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

concretionary
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

concretionary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

concretionary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of concretionary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONCRETIONARY»

The term «concretionary» is normally little used and occupies the 140.838 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONCRETIONARY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONCRETIONARY»

Discover the use of concretionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to concretionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Report on the Geology of Vermont
121 Concretionary granite, Craftsbury. 122 Granite vein in the concretionary granite, Craftsbury. 123 Concretionary granite, Craftsbury. 124 Concretionary granite, Craftsbury. 125 Concretionary granite, Craftsbury. 126 Concretionary granite ...
Edward Hitchcock, 1861
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Records of the Geological Survey of India
Brought forward 4. Sand a tone (thinning out to O ) 6. Blue and black shales with occasional coaly layers of 1 inch and less 6. Ditto, more coaly, but useless 7. Blue shales 8. Papery coal and coaly shale ... 9. Blue shale concretionary 10.
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Report on the Geology of Vermont: Descriptive, Theoretical, ...
132 Concretionary granite, Craftsbury. 133 Concretionary granite, Craftsbury. 134 Concretionary granite, Craftsbury. 135 Concretionary granite, Craftsbury. 136 Concretionary granite, Craftsbury. 137 Concretionary granite, Craftsbury.
Vermont. State Geologist, Edward Hitchcock, Albert David Hager, 1861
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
Yellow to white, soft clay, argillaceous siltstone, and finegrained sandstone with ferruginous panlike concretionary layers form a distinctive zone that is helpful in locating the disconformity on the outcrop. Tests made of this material where it is ...
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Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
Arenaceous rock, somewhat concretionary; with numerous fresh-water forms Feet. 10 2 group in the valley of South Platte River to the. 6. Arenaceous marly strata 7. Carbonaceous shale 8. Gray siliceous marl . t : 9. Carbonaceous shale 10.
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1922
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Overpressures in Petroleum Exploration: Workshop Proceedings ...
The overpressured-undercompacted cell path; an alternative model tor concretionary growth, — Overpressures in petroleum exploration; Proc- Workshop, Pau. April 1998. — Bull. Centre Rech. Ell Explor. Prod. Mem 22, 93-97 , 1 fig.; Pau.
Alan Mitchell, Dominique Grauls, 1998
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
SHORTER CONTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL GEOLOGY Figure 5. — Concretionary sandstone and pebble conglomerate of basal part of sandstone of Floras Lake exposed at low tide on Fin Rock, about 0.5 km east of Cape Blanco ( see fig.
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1983
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Soil survey
Depth to the concretionary horizon is commonly about 30 inches but ranges from a depth of 24 to 40 inches. In the A horizon hue ranges from 7.5YR to 10YR, value is 4, and chroma is 2 to 4. Texture ranges from loam to silty loam and very fine ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1975
9
Geology and Oil Resources of the West Border of the San ...
The concretionary sandstone overlying this shale and between the Coalinga district and Salt Creek, forming the uppermost part of the Panoche formation, is best developed along the west side of Ragged Valley, where it forms a line of rugged ...
Robert van Vleck Anderson, Robert Wallace Pack, 1915
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Shale Reservoirs: Giant Resources for the 21st Century, AAPG ...
Concretionary pyrite samples (n = 5) ranged from +11.0 to +27.6% (Table 2). Calcite, siderite, and dolomite occur in varying amounts in concretions. Within concretions, all three carbonate minerals occur as small (<10 mm across) euhedral to ...
John Breyer, 2012

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONCRETIONARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term concretionary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Geodes: nature's treasure box
... V. Hitch is director of the Imperial Valley Desert Museum. Definition: Geode: A hollow concretionary or nodular stone, often lined with crystals. «Imperial Valley Press, Oct 14»
2
Eclipse Metals encouraged by review of iron ore projects in NT …
... with iron mineralisation consisting of dense, fine grained hematite showing concretionary structures in some part and slicken-siding in others ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Nov 13»
3
RBI may hike SLR; 30% chance of repo hike: Credit Suisse
The fiscal stance having been extremely concretionary is now neutral to slightly stimulatory. Clearly, the mood both among companies, if we ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 13»
4
Krucible Metals finds more heavy rare earths in Queensland
Some samples consisted of similar concretionary nodules in a clay dominant matrix while others comprised a white chalky shale found in ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Nov 12»
5
Yemen toy market poses danger
... conceitedness rated deadlines scrapheap programs concretionary ranee tachycardiac understrapping clothesyard phytolith cauboge bilio ... «The Yemen Times, Sep 12»
6
Monetary policy in an emerging economy
Monetary policy can be expansionary, i.e. it increases the total supply of money, as opposed to being concretionary, which decreases ... «The Daily Star, Oct 10»
7
An Interview With Joseph Stiglitz -- Regulation and the Euro Zone
Eventually concretionary measures were imposed and the deficit reduction was not what they had hoped. Finally it abandoned the currency, ... «Huffington Post, May 10»

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