- tachylytic
- tachylytic or tachylitic /-litˈik/ adjective• • •Main Entry: ↑tachy-
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tachylytic — See tachylyte. * * * … Universalium
tachylitic — tachylytic or tachylitic / litˈik/ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑tachy … Useful english dictionary
tachylyte — /ˈtækəlaɪt/ (say takuhluyt) noun a black, glassy form of basalt, readily fusible and of a high lustre. Also, tachylite. {German Tachylit, from Greek tachy tachy + lytos soluble} –tachylytic /tækəˈlɪtɪk/ (say takuh litik), adjective …
tachylyte — or tachylite [tak′ə līt΄] n. [Ger tachylit < Gr tachys, swift (see TACHY ) + lytos, soluble < lyein, to dissolve (see LYSIS): from its rapid decomposition in acids] a kind of dark colored, basaltic volcanic glass tachylytic [tak′əlit′ik]… … English World dictionary
