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porphyritic

[ pawr-fuh-rit-ik ]

adjective

Petrology.
  1. of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling porphyry, its texture, or its structure.


porphyritic

/ ˌɔːɪˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. (of rocks) having large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals
  2. consisting of porphyry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ԴDzpǰ··i adjective
  • d·ǰp·i adjective
  • ܲpǰ··i adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of porphyritic1

1375–1425; late Middle English porphiritike < Medieval Latin ǰīپܲ < Greek ǰīپó of porphyry; -ic
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You can find dwarfs, hobbits, dragons and wizards in the towers created by porphyritic lava flows.

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The original porphyritic, fluidal, vesicular or fragmental structures of the igneous rock are clearly visible in the less advanced stages of hornfelsing, but become less evident as the alteration progresses.

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At Port St. Julian, the country becomes hilly, and continues so as far to the northward as latitude 44�, the rock being porphyritic.

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His marble was perhaps the porphyritic rock which it resembles when wetted by sea moisture.

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Those rocks examined microscopically consist of basalts which are often porphyritic.

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