ophitic
ophitic
Definition
ophit·ic (ō fit′ik)
adjective
designating a texture of igneous rock, esp. diabase, in which long, flat, narrow crystals of plagioclase feldspar are embedded in augite
Etymology: < L ophites < Gr ophitēs (lithos), snake (stone) < ophis, a snake (see ophiolatry) + -ic
Browse dictionary entries near ophitic
- Ophir
- ophiology
- ophiolite
- ophiolatry
- ophidian
- ophicleide
- Ophelia
- operose
- operon
- operetta
- Ophiuchus
- ophthalmia
- ophthalmic
- ophthalmo-
- ophthalmologist
- ophthalmology
- ophthalmoscope
- -opia
- opiate
- opine
