英语词汇“xenolith”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

xenolith n.

Brit.

/ˈzɛnə(ʊ)lɪθ/

U.S.

/ˈzɛnəˌlɪθ/

/ˈzinəˌlɪθ/

[-lith comb. form] Geology a piece of rock in an igneous mass which differs from its surroundings and is considered to have been picked up by and incorporated into the mass when the latter was in the form of magma.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > intrusion > others

laccolite1877

xenolith1894

bysmalith1898

stock1898

autolith1900

bathylite1902

phacolite1909

phacolith1910

cupola1911

lopolith1918

1894 W. J. Sollas in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1896–1901 (1901) 30 493 As a distinctive appelation appropriate to the crystals, both of pyroxene and of plagioclase felspar, which have found their way from the gabbro into the granophyre, the term ‘xenocrysts’ may be employed. Correspondingly included fragments of the whole rock may be called ‘xenoliths’.

1926 T. Hannan Isle of Mull xix. 118 A ‘xenolith’ is simply a ‘stranger’—one not belonging to the rock system of the district.

1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 60 Ultra-basic xenoliths that make men look midges.

1942 Mineral. Abstr. 8 242 Xenoliths of siltstone or sandstone country-rock are metasomatized to granophyre.

1975 Nature 10 Apr. 489/1 Xenoliths thought to represent material from the deeper parts of the upper mantle are brought to the surface in kimberlite magmas.

单词	xenolith
释义	> as lemmas xenolith xenolith n. Brit. /ˈzɛnə(ʊ)lɪθ/ , U.S. /ˈzɛnəˌlɪθ/ , /ˈzinəˌlɪθ/ [-lith comb. form] Geology a piece of rock in an igneous mass which differs from its surroundings and is considered to have been picked up by and incorporated into the mass when the latter was in the form of magma. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > intrusion > others laccolite1877 xenolith1894 bysmalith1898 stock1898 autolith1900 bathylite1902 phacolite1909 phacolith1910 cupola1911 lopolith1918 1894 W. J. Sollas in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1896–1901 (1901) 30 493 As a distinctive appelation appropriate to the crystals, both of pyroxene and of plagioclase felspar, which have found their way from the gabbro into the granophyre, the term ‘xenocrysts’ may be employed. Correspondingly included fragments of the whole rock may be called ‘xenoliths’. 1926 T. Hannan Isle of Mull xix. 118 A ‘xenolith’ is simply a ‘stranger’—one not belonging to the rock system of the district. 1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 60 Ultra-basic xenoliths that make men look midges. 1942 Mineral. Abstr. 8 242 Xenoliths of siltstone or sandstone country-rock are metasomatized to granophyre. 1975 Nature 10 Apr. 489/1 Xenoliths thought to represent material from the deeper parts of the upper mantle are brought to the surface in kimberlite magmas. extracted from xeno-comb. form < as lemmas
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> as lemmas