trachytic

British  

/ trəˈkɪtɪk /

adjective

1. (of the texture of certain igneous rocks) characterized by a parallel arrangement of crystals, which mark the flow of the lava when still molten

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Example Sentences

It retracted deep into the earth after the eruption, leaving a chimney in the older, harder trachytic rock.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Domite is the name applied to the trachytic rocks of the Auvergne district and the Puy de D�me particularly.

From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward

The trachytic masses and craters are denoted by the following tables:— a.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles

The mere ascension of volcanic cones is geologically of far less importance, than the bringing away numerous specimens, carefully selected, of various trachytic rocks, which, by their oryctognostical composition, are characteristic of each volcano.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

Rivers.—The greater part of Hungary is well provided with both rivers and springs, but some trachytic and limestone mountainous districts show a marked deficiency in this respect.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various