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PRONUNCIATION OF PISOLITIC

pisolitic  [ˌpaɪsəʊˈlɪtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PISOLITIC

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

WHAT DOES PISOLITIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pisolitic

Pisolite

A pisolite is a sedimentary rock made of pisoids, which are concretionary grains - often of calcium carbonate, but sometimes of rarer minerals - which resemble ooids but are always more than 2 mm in diameter. These grains are approximately spherical and have concentric layers reaching 10 mm in diameter. The name derives from the Hellenic word for pea. Bauxites, limonites and siderites often have a pisolitic structure.

Definition of pisolitic in the English dictionary

The definition of pisolitic in the dictionary is of or relating to pisolites.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PISOLITIC


amylolytic
əˌmaɪləʊˈlɪtɪk
anxiolytic
ˌæŋksɪəʊˈlɪtɪk
cellulolytic
ˌsɛljʊləʊˈlɪtɪk
electrolytic
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈlɪtɪk
fibrinolytic
ˌfaɪbrɪnəʊˈlɪtɪk
glycolytic
ˌɡlaɪkəʊˈlɪtɪk
granulitic
ˌɡrænjʊˈlɪtɪk
haemolytic
ˌhiːməʊˈlɪtɪk
hemolytic
ˌhiːməʊˈlɪtɪk
heterolytic
ˌhɛtərəʊˈlɪtɪk
homolytic
ˌhəʊməʊˈlɪtɪk
lipolytic
ˌlɪpəʊˈlɪtɪk
mucolytic
ˌmjuːkəʊˈlɪtɪk
photolytic
ˌfəʊtəʊˈlɪtɪk
pyrolytic
ˌpaɪrəʊˈlɪtɪk
radiolytic
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈlɪtɪk
spherulitic
ˌsferʊˈlɪtɪk
sympatholytic
ˌsɪmpəθəʊˈlɪtɪk
thermolytic
ˌθɜːməʊˈlɪtɪk
zymolytic
ˌzaɪməʊˈlɪtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PISOLITIC

pish
pisher
pishogue
Pishpek
pisiform
Pisistratus
pisky
pismire
pisolite
pisolith
piss
piss about
piss all over
piss artist
piss easy
piss off
piss-poor
piss-take
piss-up
pissant

WORDS THAT END LIKE PISOLITIC

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

Synonyms and antonyms of pisolitic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pisolitic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PISOLITIC

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The translations of pisolitic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pisolitic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

豆状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pisolitic
570 millions of speakers

English

pisolitic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pisolitic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pisolitic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pisolitic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pisolítico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pisolitic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pisolitique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pisolitik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pisolitic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pisolitic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pisolitic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pisolitik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pisolitic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pisolitic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिसोलिटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pizolitik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pisolitic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pisolitic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pisolitic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pisolitic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pisolitic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pisolitic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pisolitic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pisolitic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pisolitic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PISOLITIC»

The term «pisolitic» is used very little and occupies the 180.704 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PISOLITIC» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PISOLITIC»

Discover the use of pisolitic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pisolitic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dolomites
Location 6'3C 6130 Sample Unit (sectionlcanyon) Facies (PDB) (PDB) Dolomirized pirot'ds E4-l Hairpin 3 Pisolitic grainstone and packstone 6.60 1.50 E5-2 Hairpin 3 Pisolitic grainstone and packstone 5.35 0.76 Ell-1 Tansill 3 Pisolitic ...
B. H. Purser, M. E. Tucker, D. H. Zenger, 2009
2
Geological Survey Professional Paper
In type 1 deposits, the best grade bauxite is ordinarily pisolitic material in the upper part. The pisolitic bauxite grades downward into granite-textured bauxite, which in turn grades, as silica content increases, into massive kaolin and into ...
‎1986
3
U.S. Geological Survey circular
One exposes reddish fire clay, and hard gray pisolitic bauxite is scattered around the other. On a gentle slope south of a watercourse, 500 ft east-northeast of these holes, are several small test holes, some in very ferruginous hard pisolitic ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1952
4
Cenozoic Basins of the Death Valley Region
Tu4, N. Lacustrine facies; pisolitic marl, yellow-brown (l0YR 6/2), 8.2 m medium to thickly bedded, resistant; pisolites are up to 2 cm in diameter, and up to 5 cm long, some resemble algal rip-up clasts; very distinctive marker unit. Tu4, M.
Lauren Albert Wright, Bennie Wyatt Troxel, 1999
5
Geography and Environment: Local issues
The pisolitic layer is 4.5m to 8m thick in Bolpur police station. The removal of pisolitics from the highest part of the laterite plateaus and ridges is still going on under the processes of sheetflow and sheetwash along the spring and gully heads.
Prithvish Nag, Virendra Kumar Kumar, Jagadish Singh, 1997
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
Sandstone in thin layers and more abundant in upper part of unit; some layers ripple marked 195 Concealed, probably sandy shale 73 Sandstone, soft, buff 8 Shale, sandy, gray 11 Sandstone, massive, pisolitic, dark brown on weathered ...
‎1924
7
Atlas of the Textural Patterns of Ore Minerals and ...
(e) Oolitic and Pisolitic Textures and Structures It should be emphasized that in contrast to the manganese nodules and the nuggets of platinum, the oolitic and pisolitic textures observed in bauxites and laterites are of quite different origin.
Stylianos Augustithis, 1995
8
Bulletin
6, 7, and 8, T. 13 N., R. 15 E., and in most places consist of pisolitic clay, ferruginous sandstone, and limonite but comprise at least one occurrence of true bauxite. The material inspected on the land of T. H. Hurst in the SE. % sec. G proved to ...
‎1923
9
The Colli Albani Volcano
In contrast, the Pisolitic Tuffs ignimbrites may be relatively similar to one another, so any attempt to discriminate among them from descriptions of borehole stratigraphies can result in highly unreliable reconstructions. For this reason we ...
R. Funiciello, G. Giordano, 2010
10
Aluminum Silicates—Advances in Research and Application: ...
“Nodular, pisolitic, and plastic kaolins from Kalabsha area, Egypt were investigated for their textural, mineralogical, and geochemical compositions to examine their source and origin. The three kaolins are composed of kaolinite, quartz, ...
‎2012

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PISOLITIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pisolitic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chinese shortfall prompts renewed interest in Cape York bauxite
"Pisolitic bauxite is well known as a bauxite ore source and ore type in China. So, we feel that the bauxite market could be a little bit like, on a ... «ABC Online, Jul 14»
2
Dragon Energy identifies iron ore upside potential at Rocklea
Rocklea has a current Inferred and Indicated Resource of 182.6 million tonnes at 52.7% iron using a 50% cut-off grade pisolitic iron ore and is ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Apr 13»
3
Cape Alumina achieves 28Mt maiden JORC Inferred Resource for …
Further assay results of the near-surface, pisolitic, bauxite-rich units from resource extension drilling undertaken at BH1 and the exploration of ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Nov 11»
4
Red River Resources Limited (ASX:RVR) Quarterly Report April …
A recent round of pisolitic soil sampling has been carried out over the Napier Prospect and analytical results are expected to be received during ... «ABN Newswire, Jul 10»

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