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aphantic

aphantic adjective: of a rock sample: compact, crystalline and too fine-grained in texture for its constituents to be identifiable.

Adjective

aphantic (comparative more aphantic, superlative most aphantic)

  1. Of a rock sample: compact, crystalline and too fine-grained in texture for its constituents to be identifiable.

Forms of aphantic

comparativemore aphantic
superlativemost aphantic

Origin of aphantic

From a- + Ancient Greek φάς (phás, “speaking”) + English -ic.

Questions about aphantic

What does aphantic mean?
Aphantic means of a rock sample: compact, crystalline and too fine-grained in texture for its constituents to be identifiable.
What part of speech is aphantic?
Aphantic is an adjective.

Words near aphantic in the dictionary

  1. aphantasiac
  2. aphantasiacs
  3. aphantasic
  4. aphantasics
  5. aphantasmic
  6. aphantic
  7. aphantochilid
  8. aphantochilids
  9. aphants
  10. apharyngeate
  11. aphasia

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