| 单词 | saprolite |
| 释义 | saprolite[ sap-ruh-lahyt ] / ˈsæp rəˌlaɪt / noun Petrography.soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place. Origin of saproliteFirst recorded in 1890–95; sapro- + -lite OTHER WORDS FROM saprolitesap·ro·lit·ic [sap-ruh-lit-ik], /ˌsæp rəˈlɪt ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby saprolitesaprobe, saprobiology, saprobiont, saprogen, saprogenic, saprolite, sapropel, saprophagous, saprophyte, saprotroph, saprozoic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for saprolitesaprolite / (ˈsæprəʊlɪt) / nouna deposit of earth, clay, silt, etc, formed by decomposition of rocks that has remained in its original site Derived forms of saprolitesaprolitic, adjectiveCollins 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 saprolitesaprolite [ săp′rə-līt′ ] Soft, thoroughly decomposed and porous rock, often rich in clay, formed by the in-place chemical weathering of igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rocks. Saprolite is especially common in humid and tropical climates. It is usually reddish brown or grayish white and contains those structures (such as cross-stratification) that were present in the original rock from which it formed. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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