abyssolithic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From abyss (“deep”) + lithic (“rock like”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]abyssolithic (comparative more abyssolithic, superlative most abyssolithic)
- Of or pertaining to an abyssolith. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
- 1982, Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, volume 85:
- anomaly peaks were the first demonstrations of a very deep abyssolithic structure in that region...