lunabase
lunabase noun: the substance that forms the darker areas of the lunar surface, as opposed to lunarite.
Noun
lunabase (uncountable)
- The substance that forms the darker areas of the lunar surface, as opposed to lunarite.
- The melting conditions in the lunarite were evidently different from those in the lunabase, on account of the difference in chemical composition; and from analogy with terrestrial conditions, the latter melted more easily.1948, Josiah Edward Spurr, Geology Applied to Selenology: Lunar catastrophic history, page 48
- On this reading of the situation, apart from the water of hydration, there will be very little chemical difference between lunarite and lunabase.1960, Valdemar Axel Firsoff, Strange world of the moon
Examples of lunabase in a sentence
- Lunarite slopes at greater angles than lunabase, and the difference is due, it is suggested, to the lavas of the lunarite being relatively viscous.1965, Gilbert Fielder, Lunar geology, page 85:
- Some crater rings show faintly through the lunabase; others just break surface.2014, Frederick I. Ordway, Advances in Space Science and Technology, page 42:
Questions about lunabase
- What does lunabase mean?
- Lunabase means the substance that forms the darker areas of the lunar surface, as opposed to lunarite.
- How do you use lunabase in a sentence?
- Lunarite slopes at greater angles than lunabase, and the difference is due, it is suggested, to the lavas of the lunarite being relatively viscous.
- What part of speech is lunabase?
- Lunabase is a noun.
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