arenilitic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin arena (“sand”) + Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
arenilitic (not comparable)
- (geology) Of or pertaining to sandstone.
- arenilitic mountains
- 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays:
- If among several strata of these , only one or two of sandstone occur, I still call the soil argillaceous, and not arenilitic. The soils about Whitehaven, and Newcastle, are of this sort
Translations[edit]
arenitic — see arenitic
References[edit]
“arenilitic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.