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PRONUNCIATION OF DIORITIC

dioritic  [ˌdaɪəˈrɪtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIORITIC

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

WHAT DOES DIORITIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dioritic in the English dictionary

The definition of dioritic in the dictionary is of or relating to diorite.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIORITIC


antipruritic
ˌæntɪprʊəˈrɪtɪk
barytic
bəˈrɪtɪk
blepharitic
ˌblɛfəˈrɪtɪk
diphtheritic
ˌdɪpθəˈrɪtɪk
doleritic
ˌdɒləˈrɪtɪk
evaporitic
ɪˌvæpəˈrɪtɪk
gastroenteritic
ˌɡæstrəʊˌɛntəˈrɪtɪk
granodioritic
ˌɡrænəʊˌdaɪəˈrɪtɪk
Himyaritic
ˌhɪmjəˈrɪtɪk
lateritic
ˌlætəˈrɪtɪk
madreporitic
ˌmædrɪpəˈrɪtɪk
margaritic
mɑːɡəˈrɪtɪk
meteoritic
ˌmiːtɪəˈrɪtɪk
micrometeoritic
ˌmaɪkrəʊˌmiːtɪəˈrɪtɪk
phosphoritic
ˌfɒsfəˈrɪtɪk
pleuritic
plʊəˈrɪtɪk
pruritic
prʊəˈrɪtɪk
scleritic
sklɪəˈrɪtɪk
Sybaritic
ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk
Ugaritic
ˌuːɡəˈrɪtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIORITIC

dioptrically
dioptrics
Dior
diorama
dioramic
diorism
dioristic
dioristical
dioristically
diorite
diorthoses
diorthosis
diorthotic
dioscoreaceous
Dioscuri
diosgenin
diota
dioxan
dioxane
dioxide

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIORITIC

antiarthritic
arthritic
chloritic
chondritic
critic
dendritic
diacritic
drama critic
ferritic
film critic
hypocritic
literary critic
music critic
nephritic
neritic
neuritic
oneirocritic
osteoarthritic
politic
porphyritic
pyritic

Synonyms and antonyms of dioritic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dioritic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIORITIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

闪长
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

diorítica
570 millions of speakers

English

dioritic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dioritic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ديوريتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

диоритовая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diorítica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dioritic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dioritique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diorit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dioritisches
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

閃緑
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dioritic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dioritic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dioritic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dioritic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डियोरिटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diyoritik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dioritic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dioritic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

діорітовая
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dioritic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dioritic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dioritic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dioritic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dioritic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dioritic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIORITIC»

The term «dioritic» is normally little used and occupies the 141.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIORITIC» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIORITIC»

Discover the use of dioritic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dioritic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Earth's Oldest Rocks
The occurrence of hornblendite pods accompanied by quartz-rich quartz dioritic gneiss between the quartz dioritic and granitic gneisses suggests that fluid infiltration and thermal metamorphism during granite intrusion also caused partial  ...
Martin J. van Kranendonk, Hugh R.H. Smithies, Vickie Bennett, 2007
2
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bokan Mountain ...
The contacts between the dioritic unit and syenite near Stone Rock Bay and south of McLean Ann are poorly exposed, but cross- cutting relations indicate that the syenite has intruded the dioritic rocks. In a few places near the boss of Bokan  ...
Edward Malcolm MacKevett, 1963
3
Proterozoic Crustal Evolution
sive interactions between diorite and granite and both have basal dioritic rocks that locally grade downward into underlying massive leuconoritic anorthosite. In the Laramie anorthosite complex, the Maloin Ranch pluton, a composite layered  ...
K.C. Condie, 1993
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Only a small part of the pluton extends into the Holden quadrangle, and here the rocks are gneissic granodiorite. The High Pass and Buck Creek plutons are tabular, somewhat silllike masses of granodioritic and quartz dioritic composition.
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1982
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
The rocks are mainly of dioritic and gabbroic type; quartz diorite, or tonalite, is also recorded. The relation of intertectonic rocks to older rocks of the Aden Metamorphic Group is illustrated in a number of exposures in the Mukayras pass.
6
The Second Hutton Symposium on the Origin of Granites and ...
Mantle-derived compositions which could represent less “mature” equivalents of the high-Sr granites include: (1) dioritic enclaves; (2) mafic metaigneous lower crustal xenoliths, and (3) kersantites and minettes (Turpin et al. 1988), which will  ...
P. E. Brown, B. W. Chappell, 1992
7
Pre-Cambrian Geology of North America
In general remarks on the geology of the Marquette district the succession is said to* be: (1) Granitic group, (2) Dioritic group, (3) Quartzite group, (4) Iron group, (5) Arenaceous Slate group, (6) Mica schist group, and (7) Serpentine group; but ...
Charles Richard Van Hise, Charles Kenneth Leith, 1909
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U.S. Geological Survey circular
The deformation and metamorphism of these rocks occurred in part prior to the emplacement of dioritic dikes and stocks, although in most areas the younger diorites share these deformational fabrics. A heterogeneous assemblage of dioritic ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1983
9
Circular
(3) Large positive ovoid magnetic anomalies occur over Tertiary and Quaternary igneous rocks that range in age from 38 m.y. to about 1.0 m.y. These rocks are dioritic to granitic in composition and presumably are related to subduction in the  ...
10
Correlation Papers: Archean and Algonkian
In the Granitic group the granites are found interstratified with the Huronian schists of the Dioritic group. The granites are usually middling coarse grained and in the main are massive, although distinct gneissoid rocks have a limited occurrence ...
Charles Richard Van Hise, 1892

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIORITIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dioritic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Amended Press Release: Integra Identifies Gold Exploration Target …
... mines: intrusive dioritic "plugs," a favorable host rock which dips northeast towards the Sigma mine, and similar quartz-tourmaline-pyrite gold ... «Stockhouse, Jun 15»
2
Midland Expands Its Gold Position on La Peltrie Southeast of Detour …
The granodioritic to dioritic syntectonic Carheil Pluton lies in the central part of the property. A summer field program is currently in preparation ... «Digital Journal, May 15»
3
Eurasian Minerals Reports Initial Resource Estimate and Project …
The porphyry centers occur as Cretaceous-age dioritic stocks that intruded and hornfels-altered siltstone and sandstone sedimentary ... «Canadian Mining Journal, May 15»
4
Lundin, Beaty bullish on Ecuador's prospects
Cangrejos' mineralization is associated with a sequence of intercalated porphyritic-dioritic intrusions and hydrothermal breccias. Gold grades ... «The Northern Miner, Apr 15»
5
Aziana Ltd kicks off drilling at Anosivola Copper Gold project
... consisting of a series of amphibolite facies volcanics, schists, gneisses and marbles, intruded by several phases of granitic-dioritic melts. «Proactive Investors Australia, Mar 15»
6
ANGKOR GOLD CORP.: Discovery of Two New Mineral Targets in …
To the northeast it forms a rugged ridge of silicified dioritic volcaniclastic with finely crystalline disseminated pyrite. The whole cap covers a ... «GlobeNewswire, Oct 14»
7
DIOS Exploration Inc.-Heberto: 1.89 g/t Gold Envelope Within NS …
... by dioritic plugs and related breccias. Brittle north-south structures seem to have controlled breccia setting, alteration and gold mineralization. «MarketWatch, Oct 14»
8
Kirkcaldy Capital Corp. and Tigris Resources Limited Announce …
Vein-style and vein-stockwork style gold and copper mineralization occurs over an area of approximately 4km2 and is hosted in dioritic rocks ... «Marketwired, Sep 14»
9
Ecuador Gold Announces Exploration Channel Sample Results Up …
Porphyry copper mineralization is associated with a Late Jurassic dioritic intrusive complex hosted by Jurassic age plutonic rocks of the Zamora ... «Marketwired, Aug 14»
10
Fjordland and Sumac Increase Drilling to 4500 Metres at Dillard …
Chalcopyrite, pyrite and minor bornite mineralization occurs within altered Nicola Group andesitic rocks and coeval intrusive dioritic rocks. «Marketwired, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Dioritic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dioritic>. Apr 2024 ».
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