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APHANITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aphanite mean?
• APHANITE (noun)
The noun APHANITE has 1 sense:
1. fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye
Familiarity information: APHANITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("aphanite" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)
Derivation:
aphanitic (of or relating to aphanite)
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