oolitic

See also: oölitic

English

Etymology

From oolite +‎ -ic.

Adjective

oolitic (comparative more oolitic, superlative most oolitic)

1. (geology) Made up of, or containing oolites
   • 1844, Charles Darwin, Volcanic Islands‎:

     Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles.

2. (dated, 19th century) Of a prehistoric era; Jurassic.
   • 1852, J.C. Fremont, The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California‎:

     These mines occur in the same ridge in which, about 120 miles to the northward, and subsequently in their more immediate neighborhood, we discovered the fossils belonging to the oolitic period

Derived terms

• nonoolitic

Noun

oolitic (plural oolitics)

1. An oolite.
2. (dated, 19th century) A prehistoric era; the Jurassic.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French oolithique.

Adjective

oolitic m or n (feminine singular oolitică, masculine plural oolitici, feminine/neuter plural oolitice)

1. oolitic

Declension

Declension of oolitic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	oolitic		oolitică		oolitici	oolitice
	definite	ooliticul		oolitica		ooliticii	ooliticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	oolitic		oolitice		oolitici	oolitice
	definite	ooliticului		ooliticei		ooliticilor	ooliticelor