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porphyritic

porphyritic adjective: of or pertaining to porphyry.

Adjective

porphyritic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to porphyry.
  2. Containing large crystals in a fine mass of material.

porphyritic meaning in Tamil

porphyritic in Tamil

திரள் படிக வயம்

Origin of porphyritic

From porphyrite + -ic.

Words formed from porphyritic

Questions about porphyritic

What does porphyritic mean?
Porphyritic means of or pertaining to porphyry.
What is porphyritic in Tamil?
Porphyritic in Tamil is திரள் படிக வயம். See Porphyritic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is porphyritic?
Porphyritic is an adjective.

Words near porphyritic in the dictionary

  1. porphyrised
  2. porphyrises
  3. porphyrising
  4. porphyrite
  5. porphyrites
  6. porphyritic
  7. porphyrization
  8. porphyrizations
  9. porphyrize
  10. porphyrized
  11. porphyrizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: porphyritic (page history and authors); porphyritic (Tamil 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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