Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mylonitic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: my-lonitic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing mylonite.

Example Sentences

"Fibrous strain fringes up to ~12 mm long surrounding large (~5 mm) pyrites were collected from mylonitic carbonate-rich slates of Aptian age [~110 million years ago (Ma)] in the immediate hanging wall of a north-directed thrust of the Northern Pyrenees near Lourdes, France."

Etymology

From mylonite + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mylonite

Questions

What does mylonitic mean?: Containing mylonite.
Where does mylonitic come from?: From mylonite + -ic.

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