Definition of Phyllitic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phyllitic

phyleses
phylesis
phylesises
phyletic
phyletic shift
phyletically
phyletics
phylic
phyllanthocin
phyllaries
phyllary
phyllichnium
phylliform
phyllite
phyllites
phyllitic (current term)
phyllo
phyllo-
phyllo pastry
phyllobranchia
phyllobranchiae
phylloclad
phylloclades
phyllocladia
phyllocladium
phyllocyanin
phyllocyanine
phyllocyst
phyllocysts

Literary usage of Phyllitic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1905)
"There is no sharp line ol distinction between the Glen Osmond slates, which are sometimes phyllitic (especially in their lower members), and the phyllites ..."

2. Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902 by Sven Anders Hedin, Erik Wilhelm Dahlgren, Axel Lagrelius, Nils Gustaf Ekholm, Karl Gustaf Olsson, Wilhelm Leche, Helge Mattias Bäckström, Harald Johansson (1904)
"Clay slate, black, phyllitic. 100. Greywacke, greywacke-slate and vein-quartz. 101. Greywacke. 102. Conglomerate. 103 a). ..."

3. The Geology of Ascutney Mountain, Vermont by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1903)
"They consist of two conformable members, a phyllitic and a gneissic. phyllitic SERIES. The numerous specimens collected from the phyllite indicate a ..."

4. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1903)
"The following account of them will, however, be brief, as befits the main purpose of this paper. They consist of two conformable members, a phyllitic and a ..."

5. The Chrysokamino Metallurgy Workshop and Its Territory by Philip P. Betancourt (2006)
"Low hills with phyllitic soil constitute a separate class of land (Fig. 21.3). ... The phyllitic soil retains moisture better than the red soils, ..."

6. A Study of the Fauna of the Hamilton Formation of the Cayuga Lake Section in by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1903)
"The following account of them will, however, be brief, as befits the main purpose of this paper. They consist of two conformable members, a phyllitic and a ..."

7. The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain by Sir Archibald Geikie (1897)
"The sandstone passes upward into pinkish and yellowish conglomerate (3), with an abundant lustrous phyllitic matrix, which when free from pebbles closely ..."

8. Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum by Geological Survey of Great Britain (1898)
"ug ^' Partings of phyllitic mica-schist, a few inches thick, are common in the " Moine " series. Thin dark grey streaks, rich in grains of magnetite and ..."

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