Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to leucite; containing or resembling leucite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Min.) Containing leucite.
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- adjective mineralogy Of or pertaining to
leucite .
Etymologies
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leucite + -ic
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Examples
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Their origin is not connected with any determined species of rock: they break out in basalt, trachyte, leucitic porphyry (somma), or in doleritic mixtures of augite and labradorite; and hence arise the different nature and external conformation of these inclosures of craters.
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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