| 单词 | xenocryst |
| 释义 | xenocryst[ zen-uh-krist, zee-nuh- ] / ˈzɛn ə krɪst, ˈzi nə- / noun Mineralogy.a rock or crystal engulfed by magma and retained as an inclusion in the resulting igneous rock. Origin of xenocrystxeno- + cryst(al) OTHER WORDS FROM xenocrystxen·o·crys·tic, adjectiveWords nearby xenocrystxennial, xeno-, xenobiotic, xenoblast, Xenocrates, xenocryst, xenocurrency, xenodiagnosis, xenogamy, xenogeneic, xenogenesis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for xenocrystxenocryst / (ˈzɛnəˌkrɪst) / nouna crystal included within an igneous rock as the magma cooled but not formed from it Word Origin for xenocrystC20: from xeno- + cryst (al) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for xenocrystxenocryst [ zĕn′ə-krĭst′, zē′nə- ] A crystal foreign to the igneous rock in which it occurs. Xenocrysts usually form during metamorphism. Compare xenolith. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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