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Meaning of "psephite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PSEPHITE

Via French from Greek psēphos a pebble.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PSEPHITE

ˈsiːfaɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSEPHITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Psephite 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 PSEPHITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Psephite

Psephite is either a sediment or sedimentary rock composed of fragments that are coarser than sand and which are enclosed in a matrix that varies in kind and amount. It is equivalent to a rudite. Shingle, gravel, breccia, and especially conglomerate, would all be considered psephites. It is equivalent to the Latin-derived term rudite. Psephite is more commonly used for a metamorphosed rudite. Pettijohn gives the following descriptive terms based on grain size, avoiding the use of terms such as "clay" or "argillaceous" which carry an implication of chemical composition...

Definition of psephite in the English dictionary

The definition of psephite in the dictionary is any rock, such as a breccia, that consists of large fragments embedded in a finer matrix.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSEPHITE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSEPHITE

psellism · psellismus · psephism · psephitic · psephoanalyses · psephoanalysis · psephological · psephologically · psephologist · psephology · pseud · pseud. · pseudaesthesia · pseudarthroses · pseudarthrosis · pseudaxis · pseudepigraph

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSEPHITE

bisulphite · black and white · black-and-white · hydrogen sulphite · hydrosulphite · hypophosphite · hyposulphite · in black and white · in the white · off-white · ophite · shite · Snow White · snow-white · sodium hyposulphite · sodium metabisulphite · sulphite · synadelphite · the white · white

Synonyms and antonyms of psephite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

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psephite
1,325 millions of speakers
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psephite
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psephite
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psephite
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psephite
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psephite
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Psithi
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psephite
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psephite
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSEPHITE»

Discover the use of psephite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to psephite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Earth's Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record
Names Psephite deposits interpreted as tillites were first described from near Gnejss^ in western Gaseland and Paul Stern Land by Wenk (1961). They occupy small depressions in the Precambrian basement gneisses, and occur in a window ...
M. J. Hambrey, Walter Brian Harland, 1981
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The Caledonide geology of Scandinavia
(a) Psammite with thin pebble layers, (b) Gaseland psephite in core of recumbent syncline, basement is to the right, marbles to the left. Looking north, (c) Basal part of the psephite, clasts are flattened in SI fabric and refolded by F2 folds.
Rodney A. Gayer, University College, Cardiff, 1989
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Moscow University Geology Bulletin
The duration of the stages of psephite accumulation during the Precambrian cannot be precisely determined at the present time; it was probably about 100 mln yrs. Analysis of the stratigraphic distribution of the psephites in the Precambrian ...
‎1983
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Glossary of Geology
Etymol: Greek "psammos", "sand" . See also: psephite; pelite. Also spelled: psammyte. psammitic (psam-mit'-ic) (a) Pertaining to or characteristic of psammite; arenaceous. Cf: sandy, (b) Said of a metamorphic rock derived from a psammite; ...
Julia A. Jackson, James P. Mehl, Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, 2005
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A Dictionary of Geography, Second Edition:
Ct. PELITE, PSEPHITE. psephite A coarse, compacted, fragmental rock, with usually rounded particles larger than sand grains; e.g. a conglomerate. psychrometer A type of HYGROMETER, using wet- and dry-bulb thermometers, with an ...
F. J. Monkhouse, 2007
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Report of the Committee on Sedimentation
Used prefixed as in calci-rudite and silico-rudite, the chemical composition of the fragments may be indicated. Psephite. An equivalent to rudite, of Greek derivation, is psephite, much used in German-speaking countries.38 Rudaceous.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Sedimentation, 1932
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Geological Evolution of Antarctica
Lithostratigraphical subdivision of the Turnpike Bluff Group (iv) Arenite-pelite alternation. > 1 km thick, containing thin carbonate and psephite intercalations; dominant in easternmost outcrops. (iii) Carbonate-bearing elastics (in association  ...
Michael Robert Alexander Thomson, J. Alistair Crame, Janet W. Thomson, 1991
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Rapport
The marble sequence This sequence consists predominantly of a cream- coloured marble which is underlain in a number of places by psephite, quartzite and tillite in descending order. Tillite and quartzite At two localities on the south- western ...
Grønlands geologiske undersøgelse, 1972
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The Geology of Svalbard
It was concluded that the the psephite and the psammite were joined in a continuous unit, the conglomerate being a local development of the quartzose rock. The psephite was referred to by Birkenmajer (1960. 1972) as his Slyngfjellet  ...
Walter Brian Harland, Lester M. Anderson, Daoud Manasrah, 1997
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Rapport
The marble sequence This sequence consists predominantly of a cream- coloured marble which is underlain in a number of places by psephite, quartzite and tillite in descending order. Tillite and quartzite At two localities on the south- western ...
‎1973

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