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hypabyssal
[ hip-uh-bis-uhl, hahy-puh- ]
adjective
Geology.
- (of an igneous rock) intermediate in texture between coarse-grained intrusive rocks and fine-grained extrusive rocks.
- noting any of various minor intrusions, as dikes and sills, that have crystallized under conditions intermediate between plutonic and extrusive.
hypabyssal
/ ËŒ³óɪ±èəˈ²úɪ²õÉ™±ô /
adjective
- (of igneous rocks) derived from magma that has solidified at shallow depth in the form of dykes, sills, etc
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hypabyssal1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hypabyssal1
C19: from hyp- + -abyssal
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