daciten.
/ˈdeɪsʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈdeɪˌsaɪt/ Geology.
A name for varieties of greenstone or trachyte rock containing quartz.
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1878 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified (new ed.) 185 Stache has given the name of Dacit to a quartzose trachyte.]
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xii. 235 The chemical composition of the dacites varies considerably.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1879- neogerman
- neoglacial
- neoglaciation
- neognathous
- neogothic
- neogothicism
- neogrammarian
- neogrammarians
- neograph
- neographic
- neography
- neogrec
- neohegelian
- neohegelianism
- neohellenic
- neohellenism
- neohesperidin
- neohesperidin dihydrochalcone
- neohexane
- neohexyl
- neohippie
- neohittite
- neohumboldtian
- neoimperial
- neoimperialism