oolite

See also: oölite

English

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oolite

Wikipedia

Etymology

From oo- +‎ -lite, after German Oolit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊəlʌɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

oolite (countable and uncountable, plural oolites)

1. (geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 170:

     Here and there are beds of oolites, for example, made of little rounded grains – like millet seed – that form only in agitated warm waters, such as you might find off the Bahamas today.

2. (countable, rare) An ooid or oolith.

Synonyms

• ooid
• oolith
• egg-stone

Derived terms

• oolitic
• oolitiferous

Translations

geology: rock of spherical grains

Finnish: ooliittinen mineraali German: Oolith m Polish: oolit m, ikrowiec m Spanish: oolito m Swedish: oolit (sv)

ooid or olith

Finnish: ooliitti

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French: (please verify) oolithe (fr)

Anagrams

• lootie, toolie

Italian

Etymology

From oo- +‎ -lite.

Noun

oolite m (plural ooliti)

1. oolite; oolith