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PRONUNCIATION OF PHYLLITIC

phyllitic  [fɪˈlɪtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHYLLITIC

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

WHAT DOES PHYLLITIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of phyllitic in the English dictionary

The definition of phyllitic in the dictionary is denoting or relating to a compact lustrous metamorphic rock, rich in mica, derived from a shale or other clay-rich rock.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHYLLITIC


analytic
ˌænəˈlɪtɪk
antisyphilitic
ˌæntɪˌsɪfɪˈlɪtɪk
argillitic
ˌɑːdʒɪˈlɪtɪk
bathylitic
ˌbæθɪˈlɪtɪk
catalytic
ˌkætəˈlɪtɪk
electrolytic
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈlɪtɪk
hydrolytic
ˌhaɪdrəˈlɪtɪk
pelitic
pɪˈlɪtɪk
poikilitic
ˌpɔɪkɪˈlɪtɪk
proselytic
ˌprɒsɪˈlɪtɪk
proteolytic
ˌprəʊtɪəˈlɪtɪk
spilitic
spaɪˈlɪtɪk
spondylitic
ˌspɒndɪˈlɪtɪk
stylitic
staɪˈlɪtɪk
syphilitic
ˌsɪfɪˈlɪtɪk
tachylitic
ˌtækɪˈlɪtɪk
tachylytic
ˌtækɪˈlɪtɪk
thrombolytic
ˌθrɒmbəˈlɪtɪk
tonsillitic
ˌtɒnsɪˈlɪtɪk
toxophilitic
ˌtɒksəfɪˈlɪtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHYLLITIC

phyllary
phyllid
phyllite
phyllo
phylloclad
phylloclade
phyllode
phyllodial
phyllodium
phyllody
phylloid
phyllomania
phyllome
phyllomic
phyllophagous
phylloplane
phyllopod
phylloquinone
phyllosilicate
phyllosphere

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHYLLITIC

aerolitic
body politic
chrysolitic
clitic
critic
encephalitic
enclitic
Glagolitic
impolitic
marlitic
oolitic
ophiolitic
pearlitic
politic
rhyolitic
spherulitic
staurolitic
the body politic
theodolitic
zeolitic
zoolitic

Synonyms and antonyms of phyllitic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phyllitic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHYLLITIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

千枚状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

phyllitic
570 millions of speakers

English

phyllitic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phyllitic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

phyllitic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

phyllitic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

phyllitic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phyllitic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phylliteuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phyllitic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phyllitische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

千枚岩
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phyllitic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phyllitic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phyllitic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phyllitic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फायलाइनि
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fillitik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filladico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phyllitic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

phyllitic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phyllitic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυλλιτική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phyllitic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phyllitic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phyllitic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phyllitic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYLLITIC»

The term «phyllitic» is used very little and occupies the 183.414 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYLLITIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phyllitic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phyllitic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHYLLITIC»

Discover the use of phyllitic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phyllitic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
... the name was changed to Apple Creek Formation by Ruppel (l975) because the phyl- litic appearance is due to intensely developed cleavage in the type area ; the intense cleavage, thus phyllitic appearance, is not characteristic everywhere .
‎2000
2
Geological Survey Professional Paper
... phyllitic shales was used to show that the temperature of regional metamor- phism at which the Eu-rich dark monazite of Bretagne formed from supposedly preexisting sedimentary oolites of rhabdophane was greater than 200 °C but less  ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1983
3
Architecture of the Central Brooks Range Fold and Thrust ...
phyllitic units. Samples with both old and young ages come from the same area ( Dutro et al., 1976) and cross-cutting relations were not established. Fossils have been recovered by Dutro et al. (1984) and Moore and Churkin (1984) in the ...
John S. Oldow, Hans G. Avé Lallemant, 1998
4
Geological Survey Bulletin
LITHOLOGY In the Yreka-Fort Jones area the Stuart Fork Formation is composed predominantly of phyllitic quartzite and lesser amounts of blueschist. The blueschist occurs as layers within the phyllitic quartzite and as isolated pods of ...
‎1977
5
Archean to Anthropocene: Field Guides to the Geology of the ...
The two outer beds are pure quartzite, and the middle bed is phyllitic quartzite. The outcrop provides an excellent example of how rock type controls the development of spaced pressure-solution cleavage in low-grade rocks. Cleavage is well ...
James D. Miller, George H. Hudak, Chad Wittkop, 2011
6
Manganese Mineralization: Geochemistry and Mineralogy of ...
2 for symbols of stratigraphic units. Subdivisions of Skelevat Group: sk\, lower ( metaconglomerate-metasandstone) unit; fki, middle (phyllitic schist) unit; sk), upper (carbonate- tremolite-talc schist, phyllitic schist) unit. Is, \f-lf, symbols of members ...
Keith Nicholson, 1997
7
Geology of the Spruce Pine District, Avery, Mitchell and ...
PHYLTITIC OEAYWACKE The phyllitic graywacke of the Stowe formation is much like that of the underlying Ottauquechee except that phenoclasts of feldspar are more common and the matrix rarely contains carbonaceous material.
Donald Albert Brobst, 1962
8
Collision Tectonics in the South Fossa Magna, Central Japan
Compressional Deformation Zone of the Lower Momonoki Subgroup The hemipelagic sediments of the lower Momonoki Subgroup are usually phyllitic and this phyllitic zone ranges up to 2 km in width. Although mudstone frequently can be ...
N. Niitsuma, 1991
9
Ophiolites and Oceanic Crust: New Insights from Field ...
The volcanopelagic succession includes 44.9 m of black, thin-bedded, phyllitic, tuffaceous. siliceous mudstone (tuffaceous "argillite") and tuff, which are interbedded with lesser black, thin-bedded chert and thin-bedded, lenticular masses of ...
Yildirim Dilek, 2000
10
Geology of the Bald Knob Quadrangle, Ferry and Okanogan ...
most places the phyllitic quartzite and the overlying phyllite units are in fault contact, but in one place they appear to be conformable. The phyllitic quartzite is at least 6,100 feet thick and consists for the most part of a fine-grained light-gray ...
Mortimer Hay Staatz, 1964

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHYLLITIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phyllitic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New digging technique used for Kishanganga power project
"It passes through Andesite, phyllitic quartzite, meta siltstone and meta sandstone rock types through rock cover ranging from 400 m to 1407 m. «Zee News, Jun 14»
2
Sinkholes appear in Armala again
They had also found that the interface of phyllitic rocks (which consist of fine grained sheet of weak silicate materials) and sediment deposit had ... «E Kantipur, Feb 14»
3
Unplanned human activities caused Armala sinkholes: Study
The interface of phyllitic rocks (that consist of fine grained sheet of weak silicate materials) and sediment deposit led to the formation of kaoline ... «E Kantipur, Dec 13»
4
Consolidated Goldfields Encounters Significant Gold Anomalies …
The veins strike northerly in Triassic slate and phyllitic slate and are the source for the placer gold in the prolific Willow Creek district. One of the ... «Business Wire, Dec 13»
5
Ollachea delivers for Minera IRL in Peru
Ollachea's geology is dominated by phyllitic slates of the Devonian Sandia formation, with the central portion assigned bedded graphitic slates ... «The Northern Miner, Dec 12»
6
The Rheingau: From Marcobrunn to Kirchenstuck
But perhaps the most recognized vineyard is situated in the town of Kiedrich; it is the Grafenberg, with its famous stony phyllitic soil credited for ... «Palate Pres, Nov 11»
7
Monument makes it happen in Malaysia
Selinsing lies on the eastern flank of the Suture, within a sequence of phyllitic sandstone and siltstone. Gold is hosted in a series of quartz veins ... «The Northern Miner, Dec 10»

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