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单词 graywacke
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graywacke

or grey·wacke

[ grey-wak, -wak-uh ]
/ ˈgreɪˌwæk, -ˌwæk ə /

noun

Geology. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke.

Origin of graywacke

1805–15; partly translation, partly adapted from German Grauwache;see wacke

Words nearby graywacke

gray squirrel, gray substance, gray syndrome, gray trout, gray urn, graywacke, gray water, graywether, gray whale, gray wolf, Graz
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Example sentences from the Web for graywacke

  • We're sure to get the better of Graywacke, and why not anticipate?

    A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life.|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
  • Is it primitive, or is it graywacke like Catskill Mountains?

    Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Scientific definitions for graywacke

graywacke
[ grāwăk′, -wăk′ə ]

Any of various dark gray, coarse-grained sandstones that contain abundant feldspar and rock fragments and often have a clay-rich matrix. Graywackes are thought to originate in environments where erosion, transportation, and deposition happen so quickly that minerals and rock fragments do not have sufficient time to break down into finer constituents.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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