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rhyolite

/ˈɹaɪ.əˌlaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
rhy-o-lite
IPA
/ˈɹaɪ.əˌlaɪt/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.

Etymology

Coined by Ferdinand von Richthofen as German Rhyolith, from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) (modified to + -lite).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

rhyolites (plural)

Derived Forms

rhyolitic

Synonyms

liparite quartz-trachyte

Questions

How do you pronounce rhyolite?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹaɪ.əˌlaɪt/.
What does rhyolite mean?
An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
Where does rhyolite come from?
It is traced to German.

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