different between sedimentary vs radiolarite

sedimentary

English

Etymology

From sediment +? -ary

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?s?d??m?nt??i/

Adjective

sedimentary (not comparable)

  1. (geology, of a rock) Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.

Coordinate terms

  • igneous, metamorphic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

sedimentary (plural sedimentaries)

  1. A rock of this kind.

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radiolarite

English

Noun

radiolarite (countable and uncountable, plural radiolarites)

  1. (uncountable, countable) radiolarian ooze, or the sedimentary rock formed from it.

Further reading

  • radiolarite at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • Glossary of Geology, Julia A. Jackson, James P. Mehl, Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, 2005, page 534

Anagrams

  • railroad tie

French

Noun

radiolarite f (plural radiolarites)

  1. radiolarite

Further reading

  • “radiolarite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

radiolarite From the web:

  • what does radiolarite mean
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