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migmatite

UK/ˈmɪɡmətʌɪt/

migmatite noun: any rock of mixed appearance, being an intimate mixture of granite and older rock, specifically from intense metamorphism which partially melts the rock, causing it to recrystallize in a state intermediate between igneous and metamorphic.

Noun

migmatite (countable and uncountable, plural migmatites)

  1. Any rock of mixed appearance, being an intimate mixture of granite and older rock, specifically from intense metamorphism which partially melts the rock, causing it to recrystallize in a state intermediate between igneous and metamorphic.
    • More specifically, many of these rocks are described as migmatites, in which the pink veins seem to blend insensibly into a kind of swirling granite.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 163

migmatite meaning in Bengali

migmatite in Bengali

মিশ্র চেহারার যেকোনো পাথর

Forms of migmatite

pluralmigmatites

Origin of migmatite

From Swedish migmatit, from Ancient Greek μίγμα (mígma, “mixture”) + Swedish -it (“-ite”).

Words formed from migmatite

Questions about migmatite

What does migmatite mean?
Migmatite means any rock of mixed appearance, being an intimate mixture of granite and older rock, specifically from intense metamorphism which partially melts the rock, causing it to recrystallize in a state intermediate between igneous and metamorphic.
What is migmatite in Bengali?
Migmatite in Bengali is মিশ্র চেহারার যেকোনো পাথর. See Migmatite meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is migmatite?
Migmatite is a noun.
How do you pronounce migmatite?
Migmatite is pronounced /ˈmɪɡmətʌɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of migmatite?
The plural of migmatite is migmatites.

Words near migmatite in the dictionary

  1. miglitol
  2. Miglos
  3. miglustat
  4. migmatise
  5. migmatised
  6. migmatite
  7. migmatites
  8. migmatitic
  9. migmatization
  10. migmatizations
  11. migmatize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: migmatite (page history and authors); migmatite (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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