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tholeiitic

tholeiitic adjective: of or pertaining to tholeiite.

Adjective

tholeiitic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to tholeiite.
    • They are built from a different kind of lava, much gummier than that of the free-flowing tholeiitic basalt.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 52

Origin of tholeiitic

From tholeiite + -ic.

Questions about tholeiitic

What does tholeiitic mean?
Tholeiitic means of or pertaining to tholeiite.
What part of speech is tholeiitic?
Tholeiitic is an adjective.

Words near tholeiitic in the dictionary

  1. thole pin
  2. thole pins
  3. tholed
  4. tholeiite
  5. tholeiites
  6. tholeiitic
  7. tholemod
  8. Tholen
  9. Tholens
  10. tholepin
  11. tholepins

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