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PRONUNCIATION OF MAFIC

mafic  [ˈmæfɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAFIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mafic is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAFIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mafic

Mafic is an adjective describing a silicate mineral or rock that is rich in magnesium and iron; the term is a portmanteau of the words "magnesium" and "ferric". Most mafic minerals are dark in color and the relative density is greater than 3. Common rock-forming mafic minerals include olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite. Common mafic rocks include basalt, dolerite and gabbro. In terms of chemistry, mafic rocks are on the other side of the rock spectrum from the felsic rocks. The term roughly corresponds to the older basic rock class. Mafic lava, before cooling, has a low viscosity, in comparison to felsic lava, due to the lower silica content in mafic magma. Water and other volatiles can more easily and gradually escape from mafic lava, so eruptions of volcanoes made of mafic lavas are less explosively violent than felsic-lava eruptions. Most mafic-lava volcanoes are oceanic volcanoes, like those in Hawaii.

Definition of mafic in the English dictionary

The definition of mafic in the dictionary is a collective term for minerals present in igneous rock.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAFIC


bibliographic
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈɡræfɪk
chromatographic
ˌkrəʊmətəˈɡræfɪk
crystallographic
ˌkrɪstələʊˈɡræfɪk
demographic
ˌdɛməˈɡræfɪk
edaphic
ɪˈdæfɪk
ethnographic
ˌɛθnəˈɡræfɪk
graphic
ˈɡræfɪk
holographic
ˌhɒləˈɡræfɪk
hydrographic
ˌhaɪdrəˈɡræfɪk
maffick
ˈmæfɪk
orthographic
ˌɔːθəʊˈɡræfɪk
photographic
ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk
pornographic
ˌpɔːnəˈɡræfɪk
radiographic
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈɡræfɪk
reprographic
ˌriːprəˈɡræfɪk
Sapphic
ˈsæfɪk
topographic
ˌtɒpəˈɡræfɪk
traffic
ˈtræfɪk
typographic
ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪk
ultramafic
ˌʌltrəˈmæfɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAFIC

maffick
mafficker
maffled
mafflin
Mafia
Mafikeng
mafiosi
mafioso
mafted
maftir
mag
mag tape
mag.
magainin
Magallanes
magalog

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAFIC

air traffic
beatific
fanfic
honorific
horrific
intraspecific
nonspecific
pacific
prolific
rail traffic
road traffic
scientific
soporific
South Pacific
specific
terrific
the Pacific
through traffic
tourist traffic
unspecific

Synonyms and antonyms of mafic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mafic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAFIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

基性岩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mafic
570 millions of speakers

English

mafic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

माफिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفوق مافية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мафит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mafic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mafic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mafiques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mafic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mafischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

苦鉄質
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고철 질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mafic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mafic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாஃபிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माफिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mafik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mafiche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

maficzne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мафіт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mafic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mafic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mafiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mafisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mafisk
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAFIC»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAFIC» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAFIC»

Discover the use of mafic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mafic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rare Earth Elements in Ultramafic and Mafic Rocks and their ...
N. Avsyuk In the first book of the monograph “Rare Earth Elements in Ultramafic and Mafic rocks and their minerals. Main types of rocks. Rock-forming minerals” [ Lesnov, 2010] we summarized the available data on the geochemistry of Rare ...
Felix P. Lesnov, 2012
2
Natural Hazards in El Salvador
Mafic magma was injected into the base of a partly crystallized dacite body underlying Ilopango caldera. The mafic magma ponded and began to crystallize because of the large density and temperature contrast between the two magmas.
William Ingersoll Rose, 2004
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Volcanic Rifted Margins
TABLE 3. Mafic large igneous province Silicic large igneous province Crustal setting Crustal composition and age Driving processes Nature of crust and/or magma interaction Thermal and mass transfer characteristics Magmatic processes and ...
Martin A. Menzies, 2002
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Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks
9.1 Mafic Rocks Metamorphic mafic rocks (e. g., mafic schists and gneisses, amphibolites) are derived from mafic igneous rocks, mainly basalts and andesites, and of lesser importance, gabbros (Chap. 2). Metamorphic assemblages found in ...
Kurt Bucher, Martin Frey, 2002
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A Petrologic Investigation of Mafic Inputs Into the ...
The Augustine volcano (Alaska) magma reservoir has been penetrated by numerous injections of mafic magma over the past ∼2,200 years as recorded by quenched basaltic enclaves hosted in andesite lavas.
Arron Richard Steiner, 2009
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Large Igneous Provinces: Continental, Oceanic, and Planetary ...
27, 1995. Ernst, R. E., Magma flow directions in two mafic Proterozoic dyke swarms of the Canadian Shield: As estimated using anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility data, in Mafic Dykes and Emplacement Mechanisms, edited by A. J. Parker, ...
John J. Mahoney, Millard F. Coffin, 1997
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Circum-Pacific Plutonic Terranes
mafic masses have been intruded by Triassic granitoids with an optimum U-Pb age of 210 m.y. Mafic inclusions are widely distributed in such hornblende- bearing granitoids as tonalite and granodiorite. They are common in granitoids in which ...
J. A. Roddick, 1983
8
Petrophysical Properties of Crystalline Rocks
Effect. of. compositional. and. structural. variations. on. log. responses. of. igneous. and. metamorphic. rocks. I: mafic. rocks. A. BARTETZKO' 2, H. DELIUS3 & R. PECHNIG2 Present address: University of Bremen, Research Center Ocean  ...
Peter K. Harvey, 2005
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Igneous Petrology: Proceedings of the 30th International ...
Abstract Magmatic structures in the Aztec Wash pluton preserve a record of repeated injections of mafic magma into a felsic magma chamber and provide information about subsequent tilting. Hie pluton is divided into a southern (lower)  ...
Li Zhaonai, Jianzhong Qi, Zhaochong Zhang, 1998
10
The Nature of Magmatism in the Appalachian Orogen
Mafic and felsic rocks may have been interleaved depositionally, by intrusion of mafic rocks into a sedimentary sequence, or tectonically. We prefer scenario 2 rather than 1 because shallow mafic rocks are more likely to become hydrated than ...
A. Krishna Sinha, Joseph Bruce Whalen, John P. Hogan, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAFIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mafic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Segue Resources to start drilling Plumridge Nickel in Fraser Range …
Adding interest - several high priority targets will be drill-tested to confirm the presence of mafic-ultramafic intrusions, commencing with targets E1 and E15. «Proactive Investors USA & Canada, Jul 15»
2
GTA Confirms Gold Values Associated With Geophysical Targets at …
It is underlain by rocks typical of the Timmins gold camp, and includes variably altered and deformed mafic and ultramafic volcanic rocks, ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
3
Transition Metals Corp. | Transition Vests 100% Interest in Key Gold …
The property hosts a large early rift mafic-ultramafic intrusion containing elevated PGM's located 10 kilometres west of the town of Beardmore, ... «Canada NewsWire, Jul 15»
4
Transition Vests 100% Interest in Key Gold Properties in the Abitibi …
The property hosts a large early rift mafic-ultramafic intrusion containing elevated PGM's located 10 kilometres west of the town of Beardmore, ... «Stockhouse, Jul 15»
5
Segue Resources to start drilling Plumridge Nickel in Fraser Range
Adding interest - several high priority targets will be drill-tested to confirm the presence of mafic-ultramafic intrusions, commencing with targets ... «Proactive Investors Chinese, Jul 15»
6
Harte Gold Signs US$6M Term Sheet and Milling Agreement
The Contact Zone consists of a sericite schist and mafic volcanic contact and holds the potential to host Hemlo style mineralization. Exploration ... «Canadian Mining Journal, Jul 15»
7
Earth science: Big geochemistry
In this theory, the first minerals to crystallize are those with the highest abundance of iron and magnesium (mafic minerals), leaving the ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
8
Canada Strategic Metals Geophysical Survey Identified Targets at …
These showings are also found at the northern edge of a wide ENE-WSW trending magnetic anomaly associated to mafic/ultramafic intrusive ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»
9
Curiosity finds continent-building rocks on Mars
Dark-colored “mafic” rocks contain lots of magnesium- and iron- (Fe) bearing minerals (think basalt). Lighter-colored “felsic” rocks contain more ... «Ars Technica UK, Jul 15»
10
Kibo Mining excited by confirmation of footprint at Haneti
... internal structure of two newly interpreted composite mafic-ultramafic zones that significantly extend the footprint of the Haneti Itiso ultramafic complex (HIUC). «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»

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