basaltoid
basaltoid adjective: formed like basalt; basaltiform.
Adjective
basaltoid (comparative more basaltoid, superlative most basaltoid)
- Formed like basalt; basaltiform.
- The Grenville state (1,500-1,000 million years ago) is related to the start of a new geosynclinal period dominated by basaltoid vocanicity from which the pyrite-polymetallic deposits of Sullivan type in Canada originate.2002, Julius Rubinstein, Non-Ferrous Metal Ores: Deposits, Minerals and Plants, page 6
Noun
basaltoid (plural basaltoids)
- Any dark volcanic rock that resembles basalt.
- Regarding basaltoids, resistance to atmospherical conditions is critical.2003, Patrick Degryse, Jan Elsen, Industrial Minerals, page 33
- Comparison of microelement compositions of basaltoids of Saralinsky graben and Goryachegorsk volcanic plateau shows a similarity of rare and trace elements distribution, but REE contents in subvolcanic basaltoids of Goryachegorsk plateau are intermediate between high and low contents in enriched...2020, O.M. Grinev, O.R. Grinev, R.R. Adylbaev, A.A. Bogorodov, “Saralinsky Graben—Devonian Rift of the Kuznetsk-Minusinsk Zone, Altai-Sayan Folded Area”, in Richard Ernst, Vassily V. Vrublevskii...
Forms of basaltoid
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more basaltoid |
| superlative | most basaltoid |
| Noun | |
| plural | basaltoids |
Origin of basaltoid
From basalt + -oid.
Questions about basaltoid
- What does basaltoid mean?
- Basaltoid means formed like basalt; basaltiform.
- What part of speech is basaltoid?
- Basaltoid can be an adjective or a noun.
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