Polymict
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Polymict is an adjective meaning (geology, of a breccia) Containing multiple types of rock.
Meaning
(geology, of a breccia) Containing multiple types of rock.
More Meanings
- A breccia containing multiple types of rock.
Example Sentences
The ‘monomict’ meteorites are samples of a single lithology while the polymict meteorites are those containing two or more lithologies.
It is pointed out that the breccias among stony meteorites are mainly of two kinds : (a) breccias in which the enclosed fragments are of the same material as the surrounding principal mass of the stone: it is proposed to call this kind of breccias “monomict breccias,” and (b) breccias in which the enclosed fragments are of a foreign material as compared with the surrounding principal mass of the stone: it is proposed to call these breccias “polymict breccias.”
Word Forms
- polymicts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include breccia, breccias, polysomatic, polypyrenous, multifracture, polymorphous.
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