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concretionary
[ kon-kree-shuh-ner-ee, kong- ]
Word History and Origins
Origin of concretionary1
Example Sentences
It generally affects a nodular or concretionary structure.
The Old Red Sandstone consists of a great thickness of red sandstones and marls, with impersistent bands of impure concretionary limestone known as cornstones, which by their superior hardness give rise to scarps and rounded ridges; they have yielded remains of fishes and crustaceans.
Sphēroidi′city, Sphēroid′ity, the state of being spheroidal; Sphē′romēre, one of the symmetrical segments of a radiate; Sphērom′eter, an instrument for measuring the sphericity of portions of spherical surfaces—for example, lenses; Sphē′rosid′erite, the name given to impure or earthy and frequently concretionary varieties of carbonate of iron.—adj.
Pisolite, pī′sō-līt, n. a coarse oolite or concretionary limestone in large globules.—adj.
These contain each a single concretionary otolith.
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