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† exhalative, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. L. exhālāt- ppl. stem of exhālāre (see exhale) + -ive.]
Of a nature to be exhaled; exhalable.
1594Plat New Sorts of Soil 25 When they [corne and other seedes] are ripe..the exhalative water flyeth away, and the generative remaineth.
Restrict † Obs. rare—1 to sense in Dict. and add: |ɛksˈhælətɪv|.
2. Geol. Resulting from or characterized by the exhalation of gases, etc., by a geological process.
1956Symposium Sobre Yacimientos de Manganeso (20th Internat. Geol. Congr.) IV. 206 These deposits may be of submarine-exhalative-sedimentary origin. 1958Experientia XIV. 236/2 The faults served..as channelways for the lavas during the main Pre-Cambrian volcanic activity, and later on, as channels for the exhalative gases and fluids. 1960Neues Jahrb. für Mineral., Abh. XCIV. 372 The third interpretation..maintains that sedimentary exhalative deposits were formed by volcanic activity in a geosyncline and were later enriched by diabasic intrusions. 1979Nature 8 Mar. 160/2 These are interpreted as metamorphosed distal deposits from exhalative activity. |