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rhyodacite

rhyodacite noun: an extrusive volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite.

Noun

rhyodacite (countable and uncountable, plural rhyodacites)

  1. An extrusive volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite
    • Vent facies on the north and eastern sides of Fish Lake are mostly flows and breccias of andesite and rhyodacite.2016 February 18, “Three Millennia of Southwestern North American Dustiness and Future Implications”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of rhyodacite

pluralrhyodacites

Questions about rhyodacite

What does rhyodacite mean?
Rhyodacite means an extrusive volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite.
What part of speech is rhyodacite?
Rhyodacite is a noun.
What is the plural of rhyodacite?
The plural of rhyodacite is rhyodacites.

Words near rhyodacite in the dictionary

  1. Rhynie
  2. rhyniophyte
  3. rhyniophytes
  4. rhyniopsid
  5. Rhynsburger
  6. rhyodacite
  7. rhyodacites
  8. rhyodacitic
  9. rhyolite
  10. rhyolites
  11. rhyolithic

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