conglomeratic
conglomeratic adjective: of or pertaining to a conglomerate.
Adjective
conglomeratic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a conglomerate.
- The object of this communication was to show that the more or less conglomeratic strata immediately underlying the ordinary Lias limestone on the coast of Glamorganshire, between the River Ogmore and Dunraven Point, do not belong to the Rhætic series, as has been supposed, but to the Lias.1867, The Geological Magazine Or Monthly Journal of Geology, page 216
- The basement-bed is generally the more conglomeratic, containing often large boulders of Carboniferous Limestone in a creamy limestone-matrix; but beds with no pebbles often lie in places directly on the older rock.1893, The Jurassic Rocks of Britain
Origin of conglomeratic
From conglomerate + -ic.
Words formed from conglomeratic
Questions about conglomeratic
- What does conglomeratic mean?
- Conglomeratic means of or pertaining to a conglomerate.
- What part of speech is conglomeratic?
- Conglomeratic is an adjective.
Words near conglomeratic in the dictionary
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