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pyroxenite in British English
(paɪˈrɒksɪˌnaɪt)
noun
a very dark coarse-grained ultrabasic rock consisting entirely of pyroxene minerals
pyroxenite in American English
(paɪˈrɑksəˌnaɪt)
noun
a dark-colored, coarsegrained, intrusive igneous rock composed mainly of pyroxene
pyroxenite in American English
(paiˈrɑksəˌnait, pə-)
noun
Geology
any rock composed essentially, or in large part, of pyroxene of any kind
Word origin
[1860–65; pyroxene + -ite1]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: big brother, calibrate, jumping jack, metric system, monism-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader,doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite)Image ofpyroxenite
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