anorthitic

== English == === Etymology === From anorthite +‎ -ic. === Adjective === anorthitic (comparative more anorthitic, superlative most anorthitic) (geology) Composed of or resembling anorthite. 1884, "St Paul" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXI, p. 189: Next followed a period of activity in which basic rocks were produced by submarine eruptions—lavas and scoriae of anorthitic character, palagonitic tuffs, and basaltic ashes; and finally from the crater, which must have been a vast lake of fire like those in the Sandwich Islands, poured forth quiet streams of basaltic lavas. ==== Translations ==== === References === “anorthitic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === antiorthic