Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of amphiboly; amphibolous.
- In mineralogy, pertaining to, resembling, or containing amphibole.
- Ambiguous; of a doubtful nature.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
- adjective Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
amphiboly ;ambiguous ;equivocal . - adjective Of or resembling the
mineral amphibole .
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Examples
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Everything in this sad domain of deception and illusion is amphibolic and ambiguous.
Archive 2006-10-01 Mike L 2006
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Everything in this sad domain of deception and illusion is amphibolic and ambiguous.
The paradox of evil Mike L 2006
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The amphibolic slates of Angostura run north 45° east, like the gneiss of Guapasoso which forms the bed of the Atabapo, and like the mica-slate of the peninsula of
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Before it shows itself as a separate stratum, rising in small conic hills, the amygdaloid seems to alternate by layers with the diorite, which we have mentioned above as mixed with carburetted slate and amphibolic serpentine.
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Parime, from the part which I examined in 6° of longitude, and 4° of latitude, we may believe it to be entirely composed of gneiss-granite; I saw some beds of greenstone and amphibolic slate, but neither mica-slate, clay-slate, nor banks of green limestone, although many phenomena render the presence of mica-slate probable on the east of the Maypures and in the chain of Pacaraina.
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We find at the back of this granitic, or rather mica-slate-gneiss soil of the southern chain, on the south of the Villa de Cura, a transition stratum, composed of greenstone, amphibolic serpentine, micaceous limestone, and green and carburetted slate.
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Southern Tyrol, amphibolic crystals, * disseminated in the mass, but without passing to syenite.
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Strata commonly called Primitive; granite, gneiss and mica-slate (or gneiss oscillating between granite and mica-slate); very little primitive clay-slate; weisstein with serpentine; granite with disseminated amphibole; amphibolic slate; veins and small layers of greenstone.
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The amphibolic slate of Angostura, and masses of diorite in balls, with concentric layers, near Muitaco, appear to be superposed, not on mica-slate, but immediately on gneiss-granite.
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Upper Orinoco in the hands of the Indians, seems to indicate the existence of a soil of euphotide, superposed on gneiss-granite, or amphibolic slate, in the eastern part of the Sierra Parime.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word amphibolic
JM is well versed in amphibolic thought patterns.
October 26, 2010
qms commented on the word amphibolic
It's odd how indulgence alcoholic
Can mix the manic and melancholic,
How sadness and cheer
Combine in a beer.
The stuff is downright amphibolic.
September 12, 2015