diorite
Meaning of diorite
noun
a speckled, coarse-grained igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase, feldspar, and hornblende or other mafic minerals.
early 19th century: coined in French, formed irregularly from Greek diorizein ‘distinguish’ + -ite1.
Information about diorite
- It is a name.
- The plural form of diorite is: diorites.
- Languages in which diorite is used:
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Hyphenation of diorite
dior-ite
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- diorite is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with diorite
Rite, rite, Gomarite, Hagarite, Himyarite, Issacharite, Jabarite, Kadarite, Kedarite, Nazarite, Qadarite, Sybarite, Zoarite, Zoharite, aguilarite, arite, asarite, bararite, barite, bolivarite, connarite, ferrogoslarite, goslarite, grossularite, guadalcazarite, guarite, guejarite, himyarite, hungarite, hyaloliparite, karite, khagiarite, laminarite, lautarite, lestiwarite, linarite, liparite, margarite, metacinnabarite, milarite, mugearite, nazarite, nitrobarite, plagioliparite, qadarite, routivarite, sybarite, vallevarite, ambrite, aubrite