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pyrolites

pyrolites is the plural of pyrolite.

Meaning of pyrolite

Noun

pyrolite (countable and uncountable, plural pyrolites)

  1. A theoretical rock considered to be the best approximation of the composition of Earth's upper mantle, generally considered to be one part tholeiitic basalt and three parts dunite.

Questions about pyrolites

What is pyrolites the plural of?
Pyrolites is the plural of pyrolite.

Words near pyrolites in the dictionary

  1. pyrolignite
  2. pyrolignites
  3. pyrolignous
  4. pyrolisis
  5. pyrolite
  6. pyrolites
  7. pyrolithic
  8. pyrolitic
  9. pyrolizable
  10. pyrolization
  11. pyrolize

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