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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdacite
Pronunciation / Transliteration: da.sit
"La coulée de lave était composée principalement de dacite."
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A fine-grained, extrusive igneous rock intermediate in composition between rhyolite and andesite.
"The volcanic eruption produced large quantities of dacite lava and ash."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1863 by Austrian geologist Guido Stache from Dacia, the ancient Roman province corresponding to modern-day Romania where the rock was first studied. It combines the regional descriptor with the chemical suffix '-ite', denoting a mineral or rock type.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dacite" is said worldwide
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dacite
Transliteration: da.sit
"La coulée de lave était composée principalement de dacite."
Dazit
Transliteration: daˈtsiːt
"Das Vulkangestein besteht überwiegend aus Dazit."
dacite
Transliteration: daˈtʃi.te
"Il campione geologico è stato identificato come dacite."
dacita
Transliteration: daˈsi.ta
"La roca volcánica analizada es una dacita rica en cuarzo."
dacito
Transliteration: daˈsi.tu
"O domo de lava é composto por dacito."
डैसाइट
Transliteration: dæsait
"यह आग्नेय चट्टान डैसाइट से बनी है।"
英安岩
Transliteration: yīng ān yán
"这块火山岩标本含有丰富的英安岩。"
석영안산암
Transliteration: seok-yeong-an-san-am
"화산암의 일종인 석영안산암이 발견되었습니다."
デイサイト
Transliteration: deisaito
"その火成岩は主にデイサイトで構成されています。"
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