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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 eyeplay

  Familiarity information: APHANITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


APHANITE (noun)


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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