diabase
Meaning of diabase
noun
another term for dolerite.
mid 19th century (originally denoting diorite): from French, formed irregularly as if from di- ‘two’ + base ‘base’ (thus ‘rock with two bases’, referring to the base minerals of diorite), but associated later perhaps with Greek diabasis ‘transition’.
Information about diabase
- It is a name.
- The plural form of diabase is: diabases.
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Hyphenation of diabase
di-a-base
- It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
- diabase is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Anagrams of diabase
Words that rhyme with diabase
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