English Explanatory Dictionary

aphantic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a rock sample: compact, crystalline and too fine-grained in texture for its constituents to be identifiable.

Word forms

aphantic more aphantic most aphantic

Etymology

From a- + Ancient Greek φάς (phás, “speaking”) + -ic.

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