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adakite

adakite noun: a kind of volcanic rock, of intermediate to felsic composition, with high strontium to yttrium ratio, and enriched in light rare earth elements compared with the heavy rare earths.

Noun

adakite (plural adakites)

  1. A kind of volcanic rock, of intermediate to felsic composition, with high strontium to yttrium ratio, and enriched in light rare earth elements compared with the heavy rare earths

Forms of adakite

pluraladakites

Origin of adakite

From Adak Island in Alaska, from "adaq" in Aleut language, meaning "father".

Questions about adakite

What does adakite mean?
Adakite means a kind of volcanic rock, of intermediate to felsic composition, with high strontium to yttrium ratio, and enriched in light rare earth elements compared with the heavy rare earths.
What part of speech is adakite?
Adakite is a noun.
What is the plural of adakite?
The plural of adakite is adakites.

Words near adakite in the dictionary

  1. Adai
  2. Adail
  3. Adair
  4. Adair County
  5. Adak
  6. adakite
  7. adakites
  8. adakitic
  9. Adal
  10. Adaleigh
  11. adalimumab

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