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basaltic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to basalt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter I, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt Even the beneficient rainfall had failed to attract animal life to the basaltic waste, and the genius of silence seemed to brood over all.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to or containing basalt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • basaltic magma is fluid

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English basalt Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English basaltic From basalt + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: basàltic — relating to basalt
  • Danish: basaltisk — relating to basalt
  • Finnish: basalttinen — relating to basalt
  • French: basaltique — relating to basalt
  • Galician: basáltico — relating to basalt
  • German: basaltisch — relating to basalt
  • Italian: basaltico — relating to basalt
  • Korean: 현무암의 (hyeonmuamui) — relating to basalt
  • Korean: 현무암질 (hyeonmuamjil) — relating to basalt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: basaltisk — relating to basalt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: basaltisk — relating to basalt
  • Polish: bazaltowy — relating to basalt
  • Portuguese: basáltico — relating to basalt
  • Romanian: bazaltic — relating to basalt
  • Spanish: basáltico — relating to basalt