diaplectic
diaplectic adjective: formed into a glassy state by shock transformation without melting.
Adjective
diaplectic (not comparable)
- Formed into a glassy state by shock transformation without melting.
- diaplectic glass — A natural glass formed by shock transformation from any of several minerals without melting. It is found only in association with meteorite impact craters and crater ejecta.1992, “Terrestrial Impact Craters Glossary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Words that rhyme with diaplectic
- symplectic
- apoplectic
- dialectic
- hectic
- smectic
- analectic
- anorectic
- catalectic
- eclectic
- eutectic
- monolectic
- pectic
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- plectic
- polylectic
- syntectic
- acatalectic
- acathectic
- anatectic
- antiapoplectic
- anticachectic
- anticataplectic
- anticathectic
- antiplectic
- brachycatalectic
- cachectic
- cataplectic
- catatectic
- cathectic
- cosymplectic
- cotectic
- countercathectic
- demodectic
- dicatalectic
- dyslectic
- dystectic
- ecolectic
- ephectic
- hyosymplectic
- hypercatalectic
- hypereutectic
- hypoeutectic
- ideolectic
- idiolectic
- karyorrhectic
- lectic
- metaplectic
- metatectic
- methectic
- metriplectic
- monotectic
- multisymplectic
- nektic
- nondialectic
- noneclectic
- nonsymplectic
- oligolectic
- orectic
- orthosymplectic
- paraplectic
- periplectic
Questions about diaplectic
- What does diaplectic mean?
- Diaplectic means formed into a glassy state by shock transformation without melting.
- What part of speech is diaplectic?
- Diaplectic is an adjective.
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