oolitic

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See also: oölitic

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

oolite +‎ -ic

Adjective[edit]

oolitic (comparative more oolitic, superlative most oolitic)

  1. (geology) Made up of, or containing oolites
    • 1844, Charles Darwin, Volcanic Islands[1]:
      Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles.
  2. (dated, 19th century) Of a prehistoric era; Jurassic.
    • 1852, J.C. Fremont, The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California[2]:
      These mines occur in the same ridge in which, about 120 miles to the northward, and subsequently in their more immediate neighborhood, we discovered the fossils belonging to the oolitic period

Noun[edit]

oolitic (plural oolitics)

  1. An oolite.
  2. (dated, 19th century) A prehistoric era; the Jurassic.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French oolithique.

Adjective[edit]

oolitic m or n (feminine singular oolitică, masculine plural oolitici, feminine and neuter plural oolitice)

  1. oolitic

Declension[edit]