Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microgabbro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-gab-bro
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fine-grained igneous rock with the same composition as gabbro but having an ophitic texture; diabase.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Among these sequences, the Early Cretaceous parts (Urutawan–Motuan) contain spilites and keratophyres within greywacke-type detritus and conglomerates (Battey 1950; Ash 1970; Hay 1975), whilst the Late Cretaceous lithologies are predominantly basalts, dolerites, and microgabbros, with minor amounts of sediment (Le Couteur 1967; Hay 1975)."

Etymology

From micro- + gabbro.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: micro

Usage

Inflected Forms

microgabbros (plural)

Questions

What does microgabbro mean?: A fine-grained igneous rock with the same composition as gabbro but having an ophitic texture; diabase.
Where does microgabbro come from?: From micro- + gabbro.

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