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pelitic

pelitic adjective: relating to, or containing, pelite.

Adjective

pelitic (comparative more pelitic, superlative most pelitic)

  1. Relating to, or containing, pelite.
    • Hostrock identified as quartzite may indicate silicification of pelitic country rock.1998, Henry C. Berg, Bradfield Canal Quadrangle: Alaska Resource Data File, page 117
    • pelitic schists

Forms of pelitic

comparativemore pelitic
superlativemost pelitic

Origin of pelitic

From pelite + -ic.

Questions about pelitic

What does pelitic mean?
Pelitic means relating to, or containing, pelite.
What part of speech is pelitic?
Pelitic is an adjective.

Words near pelitic in the dictionary

  1. pelisses
  2. Pelissier
  3. Pelissiers
  4. pelite
  5. pelites
  6. pelitic
  7. pelitinib
  8. pelitrexol
  9. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
  10. Pelka
  11. Pelkas

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