ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Trachytic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Trachytic is an adjective meaning (geology) Relating to or composed of trachyte.

Meaning

(geology) Relating to or composed of trachyte.

Example Sentences

One is overwhelmed by the contemplation of these innumerable sculptures, worked with delicacy and artistic feeling in a hard, intractable, trachytic rock, and all found in one tropical island.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trachyphonolitic, trachyandesitic, trachydacitic, trachybasaltic, trachydoleritic, trichitic.

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