anorthitic

English

Etymology

From anorthite +‎ -ic.

Adjective

anorthitic (comparative more anorthitic, superlative most anorthitic)

1. (geology) Composed of or resembling anorthite.
   • 1884, "St Paul" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXI, p. 189:

     Next followed a period of activity in which basic rocks were produced by submarine eruptions—lavas and scoriae of anorthitic character, palagonitic tuffs, and basaltic ashes; and finally from the crater, which must have been a vast lake of fire like those in the Sandwich Islands, poured forth quiet streams of basaltic lavas.

Translations

Translations

• Polish: anortytowy

References

• “anorthitic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• antiorthic