rhythmite
/ˈrɪðmʌɪt/Geology and Physical Geography
noun
Each of the repeated units in a sedimentary formation exhibiting a rhythmic structure; specifically such a unit (typically a pair of laminae) deposited in a single year; a varve.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in American Journal of Science. From rhythm + -ite, after German Rhythmit.
- polyblastic
- polyblend
- polybranchiate
- polybrominated
- polybrominated biphenyl
- polybutadiene
- polybutylene
- polycarbonate
- polycarboxylate
- polycarboxylic
- polycarpellary
- polycarpic
- polycarpous
- Polycarp, St
- polycaryocyte
- polycation
- polycationic
- polycellular
- polycentral
- polycentric
- polycentricity
- polycentrism
- polycentrist
- polycephalic
- polycephalous