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simatic

simatic adjective: composed predominantly of silica-bearing, magnesia-bearing, and ferriferous minerals such as olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite.

Adjective

simatic (not comparable)

  1. Composed predominantly of silica-bearing, magnesia-bearing, and ferriferous minerals such as olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite.
    • Near-synonym: ensimatic
    • In this process the sial is squeezed out laterally and forms the nuclei of continents, while the subsided region becomes an ocean basin. Thereafter the low-lying basins. which are comprised of solid basic or simatic material. continue to attract basic volcanism because the basic lavas are lighter...1977, Robert F. Mueller & Surendra K. Saxena, Chemical Petrology: with applications to The Terrestrial Planets and Meteorites, Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110
    Synonyms:
    mafic, ferromagnesic, basic, ensimatic

Synonyms of simatic

Origin of simatic

From sima + -ic.

Questions about simatic

What does simatic mean?
Simatic means composed predominantly of silica-bearing, magnesia-bearing, and ferriferous minerals such as olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite.
What part of speech is simatic?
Simatic is an adjective.

Words near simatic in the dictionary

  1. simars
  2. simaruba
  3. simarubaceous
  4. simarubas
  5. simas
  6. simatic
  7. simavastatin
  8. Simawa
  9. simazine
  10. simazines
  11. Simba

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