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pseudotachylite

pseudotachylite noun: a dark, glassy rock generated by frictional heat within faults.

Noun

pseudotachylite (countable and uncountable, plural pseudotachylites)

  1. A dark, glassy rock generated by frictional heat within faults

Forms of pseudotachylite

pluralpseudotachylites
alternative formpseudotachylyte

Origin of pseudotachylite

From pseudo- + tachylite.

Words formed from pseudotachylite

Questions about pseudotachylite

What does pseudotachylite mean?
Pseudotachylite means a dark, glassy rock generated by frictional heat within faults.
What part of speech is pseudotachylite?
Pseudotachylite is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudotachylite?
The plural of pseudotachylite is pseudotachylites.

Words near pseudotachylite in the dictionary

  1. pseudosynesthesia
  2. pseudosynovial
  3. pseudotabes
  4. pseudotabetic
  5. pseudotabular
  6. pseudotachylite
  7. pseudotachylites
  8. pseudotachylitic
  9. pseudotachylyte
  10. pseudotachylytes
  11. pseudotail

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