different between lithic vs ignimbrite

English

Etymology

lith- +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???k/
• Rhymes: -???k

Adjective

lithic (not comparable)

1. Relating to stone

   lithic architecture

2. (geology) Relating to rock
3. (inorganic chemistry) Relating to lithium
4. (medicine) Relating to the formation of uric acid concretions (stones) in the bladder and other parts of the body

   lithic diathesis

5. (archaeology, often capitalised) pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 B.C.E.

   Synonym: Paleo-Indian

Derived terms

• lithic acid
• lithic mulch

Translations

Noun

lithic (plural lithics)

1. (anthropology) A stone tool or projectile
2. A medicine that prevents stone in the bladder.
3. (geology) A lithic fragment: a piece of another rock eroded down to sand size.
   • 1983, Richard Squires and Mark Filewicz, Cenozoic Geology of the Simi Valley Area, Southern California:

     Silty fine sandstone: poorly sorted; 50% quartz, 30% fossils, 10% lithics, 10% feldspar

Anagrams

• litchi

English

Etymology

From Latin ignis (“fire”) + imbris (“shower; stormcloud”) +? -ite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n?mb???t/

Noun

ignimbrite (plural ignimbrites)

1. (geology) A deposit left by the pyroclastic flow from a volcano, consisting of ash, pumice lapilli, and lithic fragments. [from 20th c.]
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 13:

     The walls of the houses and shops and temples were often constructed of alternating courses of large blocks of ignimbrite and small, sienna-coloured Roman bricks.

Derived terms

• ignimbritic