Definition of Pelitic

1. pelite [adj] - See also: pelite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelitic

pelick
pelicosauria
pelidnoma
pelike
pelikes
peliom
pelioma
peliosis
peliosis hepatitis
pelisse
pelissees
pelisses
pelite
pelites
pelitic (current term)
pelizaeus-merzbacher syndrome
pell-mell
pellach
pellachs
pellack
pellacks
pellage
pellagra
pellagra-preventing factor
pellagra sine pellagra
pellagras
pellagrin
pellagrins

Literary usage of Pelitic

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

1. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"Diffusion coefficients for molecular nitrogen were consistently higher than for methane. Permeability values of the pelitic rocks varied between 0.1 and ..."

2. Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum by Geological Survey of Great Britain (1907)
"The upper part of the pelitic gneiss becomes flaggy and is overlaid by a group ... Towards the top of the granulites, semi-pelitic biotite schists begin to ..."

3. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"The deposits of the pelitic seas are the well assorted and widely spread fine sands, and the sandy, clayey, and calcareous muds, along with greater ..."

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