lithoidadj.
/ˈlɪθɔɪd/ Of the nature or structure of stone.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [adjective]
lapidial1599
lapideous1646
saxatile1651
petrous1657
petrose1661
saxeous1671
stony1723
petrific1759
lapidose1807
lithoidal1833
lithoid1841
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 299 A capping of lithoid tuff rising about a hundred feet.
1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) 108 By the progressive development of crystallites or crystals during the cooling and consolidation of a molten rock a glass loses its vitreous character and becomes lithoid; in other words, undergoes devitrification.
Derivatives
lithoidal adj. /lɪˈθɔɪdəl/ in the same sense.
/lɪˈθɔɪdəl/ in the same sense.ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [adjective]
lapidial1599
lapideous1646
saxatile1651
petrous1657
petrose1661
saxeous1671
stony1723
petrific1759
lapidose1807
lithoidal1833
lithoid1841
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 124 At a greater depth the mass assumes a more lithoidal structure.
1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. ii. 93 Lithoidal lavas.
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