name
Meaning 1
A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
rhyolite
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/ˈɹaɪ.əˌlaɪt/
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/ˈɹaɪ.oʊˌlaɪt/
noun
Meaning 2
An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: liparite, quartz-trachyte
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
very acid volcanic rock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: igneous rock
History
Etymology
From rhyolite, the rock.
Coined by Ferdinand von Richthofen as German Rhyolith, from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) (modified to + -lite).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: ryolit — igneous rock
- Finnish: ryoliitti — igneous rock
- Icelandic: líparít — igneous rock
- Icelandic: ríólít — igneous rock
- Icelandic: ljósgrýti — igneous rock
- Icelandic: baulusteinn — igneous rock
- Spanish: riolita — igneous rock
- Turkish: riyolit — igneous rock