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aphanites

aphanites is the plural of aphanite.

Meaning of aphanite

Noun

aphanite (countable and uncountable, plural aphanites)

  1. Certain dark igneous rocks having grain so fine that the individual crystals cannot be seen with the naked eye.
    Antonyms:
    phanerite

Questions about aphanites

What is aphanites the plural of?
Aphanites is the plural of aphanite.

Words near aphanites in the dictionary

  1. aphaniids
  2. aphaniphyric
  3. aphanipterous
  4. aphanisis
  5. aphanite
  6. aphanites
  7. aphanitic
  8. aphanizophyll
  9. aphanosaur
  10. aphanosaurs
  11. aphant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aphanites (page history and authors); aphanite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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