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platy
1[ pley-tee ]
adjective
, plat·i·er, plat·i·est.
- (of an igneous rock) split into thin, flat sheets, often resembling strata, as a result of uneven cooling.
platy
2[ plat-ee ]
noun
, plural (especially collectively) plat·y, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) plat·ys, plat·ies.
platy-
3- a combining form meaning “flat,” “broad,” used in the formation of compound words:
platyhelminth.
platy-
1combining_form
- indicating something flat
platyhelminth
platy
2/ ˈpleɪtɪ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or designating rocks the constituents of which occur in flaky layers
platy fracture
platy
3/ ˈplætɪ /
noun
- any of various small brightly coloured freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the Central American genus Xiphophorus, esp X. maculatus
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of platy1
from Greek platus flat
Origin of platy2
C19: from plate + -y 1
Origin of platy3
C20: shortened from New Latin Platypoecilus former genus name, from platy- + -poecilus, from Greek poikilos spotted
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Example Sentences
The platy parting is the more common, but the columnar or prismatic parting is well exhibited at several localities.
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Strawberry Falls mark the front of a glacial step over a massive flow of platy andesite.
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It weathers readily to platy-pseudomorphs of bastite which are soft and yield low polarization colours.
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