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单词 ultrabasic
释义

ultrabasic

[ uhl-truh-bey-sik ]
/ ˌʌl trəˈbeɪ sɪk /

adjective

(of rocks) containing iron and magnesium, with little or no silica.
Also ultramafic.

Origin of ultrabasic

First recorded in 1890–95; ultra- + basic

Words nearby ultrabasic

ultimo, ultimogeniture, ultisol, ulto., ultra, ultrabasic, ultracentrifuge, ultraclean, ultraconservative, ultracrepidarian, ultracritical
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Example sentences from the Web for ultrabasic

  • These range from acid to ultrabasic types and include granite, augite-diorite, picrite and serpentine.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for ultrabasic

ultrabasic
/ (ˌʌltrəˈbeɪsɪk) /

adjective

(of such igneous rocks as peridotite) containing less than 45 per cent silica
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for ultrabasic

ultrabasic
[ ŭl′trə-bāsĭk ]

Containing magnesium and iron and only a very small amount of silica. Used of igneous rock, and often used interchangeably with ultramafic. Peridotite is an ultrabasic rock.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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