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leptynitic

/ˌlɛp.təˈnɪt.ɪk/

leptynitic adverb: refers to a fine-grained, typically light-colored metamorphic rock primarily composed of quartz and feldspar, often associated with high-grade metamorphic processes.

Adverb

leptynitic (comparative more leptynitic, superlative most leptynitic)

  1. Refers to a fine-grained, typically light-colored metamorphic rock primarily composed of quartz and feldspar, often associated with high-grade metamorphic processes.
    • I have found the same regularity in the striation on the transition slate of the shores of Mjosen lake; on the leptynitic gneiss of the valley of Guldbrandsdalen, where I have, at the same time, seen exceedingly well characterised moraines; …1845 October – 1846 April, M.P. Schimper, “On some facts dependent on the Erratic Phenomena of Scandinavia.”, in THE EDINBURGH NEW PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL EXHIBITING a view of the PROGRESSIVE...
    • Leptynitic garnet-biotite gneisses in the central and northern part of the Neoproterozoic Kerala Khondalite Belt KKB in southern India were regarded as the main source rocks for garnet-bearing leucogranites (Braun and Raith, 1994).1996 August 26 – September 2, The Origin of Granites and Related Rocks (U.S. Geological Survey Circular; 1129), U.S. Geological Survey

Forms of leptynitic

comparativemore leptynitic
superlativemost leptynitic

Origin of leptynitic

from French leptynite from Greek λεπτός (leptós) + -ic

Questions about leptynitic

What does leptynitic mean?
Leptynitic means refers to a fine-grained, typically light-colored metamorphic rock primarily composed of quartz and feldspar, often associated with high-grade metamorphic processes.
What part of speech is leptynitic?
Leptynitic is an adverb.
How do you pronounce leptynitic?
Leptynitic is pronounced /ˌlɛp.təˈnɪt.ɪk/.

Words near leptynitic in the dictionary

  1. leptoxylem
  2. lepturine
  3. lepturines
  4. leptynite
  5. leptynites
  6. leptynitic
  7. Lepus
  8. Lequio
  9. Lequire
  10. Lequires
  11. Lequisha

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