单词 | pyromeride |
释义 | > as lemmaspyromeride pyromeride n. Brit. /pʌɪˈrɒmərʌɪd/ , U.S. /paɪˈrɑməˌraɪd/ [ < pyro- comb. form + ancient Greek μέρος part (see mero- comb. form1) + -ide suffix, after French pyroméride (in pyroméride globaire, attributed to R. J. Haüy in Jrnl. des Mines (1814) 35 359, describing an orbicular diorite), so called because it is partially fusible when heated (the feldspar being fusible, the quartz infusible)] Geology (now rare) a devitrified form of rhyolite having a spherulitic texture and nodular appearance; (also) a mass of this rock.ΚΠ 1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) I. 246 Pyromeride is a granitoid rock containing spherules thickly disseminated. 1898 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 54 102 The easternmost point of the Bay at which the igneous rock is found, is interesting..from the presence of large pyromerides with exceptionally big cavities. 1923 A. Harker Petrol. for Students (ed. 6) xii. 156 These old nodular rhyolites have been termed ‘pyromerides’. < as lemmas |
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