Definition of Diabase

  • (n.) A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone.

Synonyms of Diabase


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Antonyms of Diabase


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Homophones of Diabase


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