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polymict

polymict adjective: containing multiple types of rock.

Adjective

polymict (not comparable)

  1. Containing multiple types of rock.
    • It is pointed out that the breccias among stony meteorites are mainly of two kinds : (a) breccias in which the enclosed fragments are of the same material as the surrounding principal mass of the stone: it is proposed to call this kind of breccias “monomict breccias,” and (b) breccias in which the...1952, Walter Wahl, “The brecciated stony meteorites and meteorites containing foreign fragments”, in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, volume 2, number 2, →DOI, pages 91–117
    • The ‘monomict’ meteorites are samples of a single lithology while the polymict meteorites are those containing two or more lithologies.1983, Jeremy S. Delaney et al., “The Nomenclature of Polymict Basaltic Achondrites”, in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, volume 18, number 2, →DOI

Noun

polymict (plural polymicts)

  1. A breccia containing multiple types of rock.

Forms of polymict

pluralpolymicts

Origin of polymict

Coined by Finnish geologist Walter Wahl in 1952.

Questions about polymict

What does polymict mean?
Polymict means containing multiple types of rock.
What part of speech is polymict?
Polymict can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near polymict in the dictionary

  1. polymicrobial
  2. polymicrobially
  3. polymicrobic
  4. polymicrogyria
  5. polymicrogyric
  6. polymict
  7. polymictic
  8. polymicts
  9. polymignite
  10. polymignites
  11. polymignyte

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