Meanings
- Of or pertaining to basalt.
The island gains its geothermal heat from basaltic magma in the fissure systems of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
2000, Tony Waltham, “Geyser watching”, in Geology Today, volume 16, number 3, page 971 more example
1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter I, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt Even the beneficient rainfall had failed to attract animal life to the basaltic waste, and the genius of silence seemed to brood over all.
Origin
Translations
Catalan basàltic
- basàlticrelating to basalt
Danish basaltisk
- basaltiskrelating to basalt
Finnish basalttinen
- basalttinenrelating to basalt
French basaltique
- basaltiquerelating to basalt
German basaltisch
- basaltischrelating to basalt
Italian basaltico
- basalticorelating to basalt
Korean 현무암의, 현무암질
- 현무암의 (hyeonmuamui)relating to basalt
- 현무암질 (hyeonmuamjil)relating to basalt
Norwegian Bokmål basaltisk
- basaltiskrelating to basalt
Polish bazaltowy
- bazaltowyrelating to basalt
Portuguese basáltico
- basálticorelating to basalt
Romanian bazaltic
- bazalticrelating to basalt
Spanish basáltico
- basálticorelating to basalt
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Cite this entry
basaltic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basaltic
“basaltic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basaltic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basaltic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basaltic.
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