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Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the way to beauty, how many ghastly, mortifying missteps, how many days of granitic blockheadedness and dismaying ineptitude there is on the way to accomplishment, how partial all accomplishment is, how incomplete?
Tony Kushner

Meaning of "granitic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRANITIC

granitic  [ɡrəˈnɪtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRANITIC

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

WHAT DOES GRANITIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

granitic

Granite

Granite /ˈɡrænɨt/ is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock which is granular and phaneritic in texture. The word "granite" comes from the Latin granum, a grain, in reference to the coarse-grained structure of such a holocrystalline rock. The term 'granite' also applies to a group of intrusive igneous rocks with similar textures and slight variations on composition and origin. These rocks mainly consist of feldspar, quartz, mica, and amphibole minerals. These form interlocking somewhat equigranular matrix of feldspar and quartz with scattered darker biotite mica and amphibole peppering the lighter color minerals. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic texture is known as a granite porphyry. Granites can be predominantly white, pink, or gray in color, depending on their mineralogy. By definition, granite is an igneous rock with at least 20% quartz and up to 65% alkali feldspar by volume.

Definition of granitic in the English dictionary

The definition of granitic in the dictionary is containing granite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRANITIC


aconitic
ˌækəˈnɪtɪk
aphanitic
ˌæfəˈnɪtɪk
aragonitic
ˌærəɡəˈnɪtɪk
arenitic
ˌærəˈnɪtɪk
austenitic
ˌɔːstəˈnɪtɪk
bentonitic
ˌbɛntəˈnɪtɪk
Canaanitic
ˌkeɪnəˈnɪtɪk
Ebionitic
ˌiːbɪəˈnɪtɪk
glauconitic
ˌɡlɔːkəˈnɪtɪk
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 GRANITIC

grangerization
grangerize
grangerizer
Granicus
granita
granite
Granite City
Granite State
granite-like
graniteware
granitification
granitiform
granitisation
granitite
granitization
granitize
granitoid
granivore
granivorous
grannam

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRANITIC

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

Synonyms and antonyms of granitic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «granitic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRANITIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

花岗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

granítica
570 millions of speakers

English

granitic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्रेनाइटीक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجرانيتية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гранитная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

granítico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্রানাইটজাতীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

granitique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Granitik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Granit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

花崗岩
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화강암
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Granitic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

granit
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

granitic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रॅनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

granit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

granitico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

granitowych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гранітна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

granitic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γρανιτικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

graniet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

granit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

granittisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of granitic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRANITIC»

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

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QUOTES WITH «GRANITIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word granitic.
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Tony Kushner
Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the way to beauty, how many ghastly, mortifying missteps, how many days of granitic blockheadedness and dismaying ineptitude there is on the way to accomplishment, how partial all accomplishment is, how incomplete?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRANITIC»

Discover the use of granitic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to granitic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Petrogenesis and Experimental Petrology of Granitic Rocks
This book deals with the petrogenesis of granitic rocks.
Wilhelm Johannes, Francois Holtz, 2011
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Granitic Systems: Ilmari Haapala Volume
Fluorine in granitic rock and melts. Chemical Geology 19, 1-42. Baker, D.R., 1998 . The escape of pegmatite dikes from granitic plutons: constraints from new models of viscosity and dike propagation. Canadian Mineralogist 36, 255-264. Beus ...
Tapani Rämö, 2005
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Landforms and Geology of Granite Terrains
This book examines these forms and comprehensively explains the landforms and landscapes developed on granitic rock, uniquely focusing on granitic terrains rather than karst landscapes.
Charles Rowland Twidale, Juan Ramón Vidal Romani, 2005
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Soil-topographic site index for Engelmann spruce on granitic ...
Predictions should be confined to potenti spruce-fir sites on granitic soils in northern Colorado and south Wyoming. Oxford: 541:1 13.4. Keywords: Picea engelmanniiT site index, topography (site). '. Table I. — Site index for Engelmann spruce ...
John A. Sprackling, 1973
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A Sulfur Isotope Study of Granitic Plutons in the Great ...
Susan DeYoung. Table 4. Potential crustal sources or hosts for plutonic intrusions in the Great Basin. Altering 834S of plutonic samples The sulfur isotopic composition of. **Barite, calculated *Gypsum, from Wedepohl, 1978 2Laouar et al., ...
Susan DeYoung, 2007
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Origin of Igneous Rocks: The Isotopic Evidence
8.11. a Formation of granitic ortho- gneiss by partial melting ot protoliths in the crust; b Formation ot paragneiss by re- crystallization of sedimentary rocks without melting Rb-Sr dates (Ga) con and whole-rock Rb-Sr dates and their evaluation ...
Gunter Faure, 2001
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Understanding Granites: Integrating New and Classical Techniques
They are interpreted as the result of a complex interplay between viscous ( Newtonian) and brittle behaviour of granitic magma, which allowed the newer magma pulses to intrude and deform older magma batches. A model of Newtonian ...
Jean Louis Vigneresse, 1999
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High-strain Zones: Structure and Physical Properties
Condie (1969) mapped a vast area as the 'Laramie batholith' that included the granitic rocks north of the Garrett -Fletcher Park shear zone as exposed in our map area. These granitic rocks are commonly intruded by mafic dykes (either ...
David F. Bruhn, Luigi Burlini, 2005
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Table 5. — Correlation of the granitic rocks of the western Serra do Curral with age groups, type granitic rocks, and granitic rock ages in the Quadrilatero Ferrifero [Age In millions of years] Quadrilatero Ferrifero granitic rocks Western Serra do ...
‎1965
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Soil survey
Granitic eolian sands Granitic eolian sands Granitic eolian sands over silty granitic alluvium. ... alluvium Basic igneous alluvium Granitic alluvium Granitic alluvium Granitic alluvium Mixed alluvium Granitic alluvium Granitic alluvium Granitic ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRANITIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term granitic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reputations – Jon Vickers
When Vickers played Saint-Saëns's Samson, Peter Conrad noted, 'his body was like a monolith in the desert, his voice as granitic as the ... «Gramophone, Jul 15»
2
Seychelles: 'Keep Calm, We Are Restoring Coral Reefs!' - Nature …
... bleaching was observed although minimal during the month of May as sea surface temperatures peaked around the inner granitic islands. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
The stream of eternity
The word 'Godavari' literally means granting water to kine. It is divided in two regions of Dakhsinapatha, the region of trap, in the north granitic ... «The Hans India, Jul 15»
4
Mother Lode Geology: An old world becomes new
The granitic rocks that we see as today's Sierra Nevada, called plutons and visible in places like Yosemite National Park, were originally huge ... «Calaveras Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Environmental NGOs struggling to cope: Seychelles outer islands …
On the southern beaches of Grande Terre, the largest island in the raised coral atoll of Aldabra, situated over 1,000 kilometres from the granitic ... «Seychelles News Agency, Jul 15»
6
Fly-fishing and golf in County Mayo: You're in for good craic
Instead of granitic canyons or deep boreal forests, the right bank of the Moy backs up to a stone wall, above which is Ridge Pool Road, with ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
Look beyond the pretty bottle to the depth in Portugal's Vinho Verdes
There's more of everything here: more granitic grip, much more lime and tangerine character, more salty spray, more structure. The wine's ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
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Atlantic Ocean Corals Under Threat - US Scientists Use Seychelles …
... archipelago of 115 islands, particularly around the inner ring of 40 granitic islands which were affected by coral bleaching the most of all. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Impact Minerals to shine with Platinum Group Metals find at Broken Hill
... Prospect which is located about 150 kilometres south west of Letlhakane has identified broad U3O8 mineralisation within granitic gneiss and ... «Proactive Investors USA & Canada, Jul 15»
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Australia- Impact Minerals to shine with Platinum Group Metals find …
... Prospect which is located about 150 kilometres south west of Letlhakane has identified broad U3O8 mineralisation within granitic gneiss and ... «MENAFN.COM, Jul 15»

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