dolerite

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek [Term?] (“deceptive”), because it was easily confounded with diorite, + -ite.

Noun

dolerite (countable and uncountable, plural dolerites)

1. (geology) A fine-grained basaltic rock

Synonyms

• diabase

Derived terms

• doleritic
• gabbrodolerite
• metadolerite
• microdolerite
• trachydolerite

 

Translations

a fine-grained basaltic rock

• Finnish: doleriitti (fi)
• French: dolérite (fr) f, diorte f, diabase (fr) f
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• Polish: doleryt m, diabaz (pl) m

Anagrams

• eleotrid, loitered