arenilitic
English
editEtymology
editLatin arena (“sand”) + Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editarenilitic (not comparable)
- (geology) Of or pertaining to sandstone.
- arenilitic mountains
- 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays:
- If among several strata of these , only one or two of sandstone occur, I still call the soil argillaceous, and not arenilitic. The soils about Whitehaven, and Newcastle, are of this sort
Translations
editarenitic — see arenitic
References
edit“arenilitic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.