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单词 crenitic
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creniticadj.

/kriːˈnɪtɪk/
Etymology: < Greek κρήνη spring of water + -ite suffix1 + -ic suffix.
Geology.
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1885 T. S. Hunt in Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1884 2 iii. 35 This newly proposed explanation of the origin of crystalline rocks, through the action of springs bringing up mineral matters from below, might be called the crenitic hypothesis, from the Greek κρήνη, a fountain or spring.
1887 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1886 4 iii. 21 As a result of this continued process, the crenitic products themselves will naturally show a diminution in the proportion of silica and potash.
1887 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1886 4 iii. 35 The enormous thickness of crenitic rocks which..make up the pre-Cambrian terranes.
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