stylolite
noun
sty·lo·lite
ˈstīləˌlīt
plural -s
: a small longitudinally grooved column of the same material as the rock in which it occurs often resulting from the slipping under vertical pressure of a part capped by a shell through adjacent parts not so capped though one or more layers (as of limestone) may be affected by stylolitic structure throughout where there is no capping object
stylolitic adjective
¦⸗⸗¦litik
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary styl- entry 1 + -lite
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- best of seven
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