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Meaning of "spilite" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPILITE

spilite  [ˈspaɪlaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPILITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spilite 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 SPILITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spilite

Spilite is a fine-grained igneous rock, resulting particularly from alteration of oceanic basalt. The term was introduced into the geological literature by Alexandre Brongniart in 1827. Spilite is formed when basaltic lava reacts with seawater, or from hydrothermal alteration when seawater circulates through hot volcanic rocks. It is a metasomatic rock with a microscopic or very-fine grain size produced by hydrothermal alteration of basalt, and composed of albite or oligoclase, together with chlorite, epidote, calcite, and actinolite. Spilite is veined by calcite or chalcedony, and vesicles and cavities are filled with secondary minerals. It is generally classed with basalts, and it often retains many textural and structural features characteristic of basalt.

Definition of spilite in the English dictionary

The definition of spilite in the dictionary is a type of igneous rock.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPILITE


anthophyllite
ˌænθəʊˈfɪlaɪt
daylight
ˈdeɪˌlaɪt
delight
dɪˈlaɪt
flashlight
ˈflæʃˌlaɪt
flight
flaɪt
highlight
ˈhaɪˌlaɪt
illite
ˈɪlaɪt
light
laɪt
lite
laɪt
moonlight
ˈmuːnˌlaɪt
phyllite
ˈfɪlaɪt
polite
pəˈlaɪt
pyrophyllite
ˌpaɪrəʊˈfɪlaɪt
satellite
ˈsætəˌlaɪt
slight
slaɪt
spotlight
ˈspɒtˌlaɪt
stylite
ˈstaɪlaɪt
sunlight
ˈsʌnlaɪt
tillite
ˈtɪlaɪt
twilight
ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPILITE

spikily
spikiness
spiky
spile
spilikin
spilitic
spill
spill over
spill the beans
spillable
spillage
Spillane
spiller
spillikin
spillikins
spillover
spillway
spilosite
spilt
spilth

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPILITE

argillite
Bakelite
cellulite
chrysophilite
communications satellite
crystallite
elite
flite
hydrophilite
jaspilite
melilite
menilite
metabolite
Mutazilite
scheelite
socialite
Stellite
tantalite
toxophilite
troilite

Synonyms and antonyms of spilite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spilite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPILITE

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

Translator English - Chinese

细碧岩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

spilite
570 millions of speakers

English

spilite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spilite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spilite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спилит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spilite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spilite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spilite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spilite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spilit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スピライト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spilite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spilite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tạo spilit
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spilite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पिलीट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spilit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spilite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spillitu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спиляє
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spilite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spilite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spilite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spilite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spilite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spilite

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPILITE»

The term «spilite» is used very little and occupies the 186.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPILITE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPILITE»

Discover the use of spilite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spilite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Geology of North-west Borneo: Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah
Reinhard and Wenk (1951) followed the terminology, now firmly interpreted as an ophiolite association. Fitch (1955) used the term Chert–Spilite Formation for what formerly was known as the Danau Formation. Wilson (1961) and Kirk (1962) ...
Charles Strachan Hutchison, 2005
2
The Geology of Scotland
Barrovian metamorphic terrane Acidic plutonics and felsic minor S to W intrusions , quartzite, vein quartz, minor spilite. Older sedimentary rocks. Barrovian metamorphic terrane Acidic plutonics and felsic minor SE to SW intrusions, quartzite, ...
N. H. Trewin, 2002
3
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
303 Pillow core; medium-grained vesicular hyaloophitic spilite (89155070)* 301 Pillow rim; aphanitic olivine- and plagioclasc-phyrie variolitic spilite (89155070) 305 Sparsely olivine-phyric holohyaline interpillow matrix (89155070) 302 ...
4
Ophiolite Concept and the Evolution of Geological Thought
At most diabase and spilite may be considered as extrusive rocks. However, if these were submarine extrusions they should be under- and overlain by marine sediments, but would only in rare cases be in immediate contact with the plutonic  ...
Yildirim Dilek, Sally Newcomb, 2003
5
Geologic and Tectonic Development of the North ...
Most of the larger clasts can be recognized as Platanal spilite, and some of these have been pyritized and silicified prior to incorporation in the breccia (Fig. 3a). A few large clasts are of a coarse-grained plutonic rock, now composed of quartz, ...
Paul Mann, Grenville Draper, John F. Lewis, 1991
6
Geological Survey Professional Paper
spilite enclosed in serpentinite in the core of the Las Mesas-Fraile anticline in western Puerto Rico indicated a chilled contact of the spilite against the enclosing serpentinite. The prespilite basaltic rock is therefore intrusive into and younger ...
‎1977
7
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
The rocks are albite-epidote amphibolites showing considerable metasomatism. Immediately to the south of Dun Mountain (S20/716202) serpentinite is in contact with Little Twin Spilite. On passing across this contact towards Dun Mountain ...
8
Igneous Rocks
Average composition of a 92 spilite (Vallance 1960) 2. Spilite from Shikotan, Kurile and (Shilov, 1974). Includes loss in ignition 0.52 3. Spilite from Horokanai district, Kamuikotan belt, Japan (Yamada and Omori, in Bamba, 1974) 4. K-spilite  ...
Alok K Gupta, 1998
9
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
The terms "keratophyre" and "spilite" are ingrained in the literature of the Water Island Formation of Donnelly (1966) and, as described, are part of the primitive island arc (P1A) series of the Caribbean (Lidiak, 1965; Donnelly, 1966; Donnelly  ...
10
Geological Survey Bulletin
... of spilite are interlayered with the sedimentary rocks. The Payton Ranch Limestone Member of the Gazelle Formation is composed of basal nodular limestone, limestone conglomerate, and local thin-bedded limestone, surmounted by ...
‎1977

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPILITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spilite is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Disse ble mest spilt på Radio 102
Lido Lido er likevel mest spilite lokale artist med to låter som begge har vært nr. 1 på Topp40. "Make the world go round" er nr. 19 og "Sleeping on my piano" nr. «Haugesunds Avis, Dec 13»
2
Photo Release -- Santo Mining Signs Definitive Agreement to …
The unit has undergone extensive seawater metamorphism (spilitization) and lithologies have been referred to as spilite (basaltic-andesite) and keratophyre ... «GlobeNewswire, Apr 13»
3
La balade du samedi. À Paimpol, la pointe de Guilben est un joyau
Mazette ! Hé oui, à Guilben, on peut voir des roches volcaniques qui nous font remonter loin dans le temps. Dont la verte et spectaculaire spilite. Ici, un bout de ... «Ouest-France, Dec 12»
4
La Nuit des musées voyage avec Titouan Lamazou
... dans la vallée ou en montagne comme l'andésite (en haut à gauche), la rhyolite (en haut à droite), le basalte (en bas à gauche) et le spilite (en bas à droite). «La République des Pyrénées, May 11»
5
Fra barnestjerne til bikinimodell
BARNESTJERNE: Slik så Vanessa Hudgens (nr tre fra høyre) ut da hun i 2007 spilite inn den andre av de tre populære «High School Musical»-filmene. «Seher, Jan 11»
6
La grande bouffe - pousse michel !
ja iti 1 year ago in reply to edeparis. recherche amis 'es souhaitant revivre la grande bouffe le temps d un week end plaisirs garantis !!spilite@live.fr. Read more ... «YouTube, Nov 07»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Spilite [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spilite>. Apr 2024 ».
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