diasporite
diasporite noun: a kind of metamorphic rock that contains diaspore.
Noun (1)
diasporite (plural diasporites)
- A kind of metamorphic rock that contains diaspore.
- Diasporites are also metamorphic rocks, which contain mainly diaspore along with hematite, chloritoid and margarite. They show the same texture as the emery deposits and are found in the same geological position in Southwest Anatolia.1963, Central Treaty Organization, Symposium on Industrial Rocks and Minerals
Noun (2)
diasporite (plural diasporites)
- A diasporan, a member of a diaspora.
- […] as much as diasporites (such as the Bundists and the folkists), socialists as much as capitalists, Marxists as much as utopianists. Whatever all these “guides of the Jewish perplexed” derided and despised, he accepted, […]2010, Dan Miron, From Continuity to Contiguity: Toward a New Jewish Literary Thinking, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 400
- These diasporites, some of whom arrived in India as early as 2,500 years ago, […]2013, Emily Stone, Did Jew Know?: A Handy Primer on the Customs, Culture & Practice of the Chosen People, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 16
Forms of diasporite
| plural | diasporites |
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Origin of diasporite
From diaspore + -ite.
From diaspora + -ite.
Questions about diasporite
- What does diasporite mean?
- Diasporite means a kind of metamorphic rock that contains diaspore.
- What part of speech is diasporite?
- Diasporite is a noun.
- What is the plural of diasporite?
- The plural of diasporite is diasporites.
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