Meanings
nounmigmatite (countable and uncountable, plural migmatites)
plural migmatites
- countableuncountablegeographyAny rock of mixed appearance, being an intimate mixture of granite and older rock, specifically from intense metamorphism which partially melts the rock, causing it to recrystallize in a state intermediate between igneous and metamorphic.
More specifically, many of these rocks are described as migmatites, in which the pink veins seem to blend insensibly into a kind of swirling granite.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 163
Origin
- Swedish-it“-ite”
- Ancient Greekμίγμα“mixture”
- Swedishmigmatit
- Englishmigmatite
From Swedish migmatit, from Ancient Greek μίγμα (mígma, “mixture”) + Swedish -it (“-ite”).
More words from Swedish, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto migmatito
- migmatitoIntimate mixture of granite and older rock
Finnish seoskivi, migmatiitti
- seoskiviIntimate mixture of granite and older rock
- migmatiittiIntimate mixture of granite and older rock
Norwegian Bokmål migmatitt
- migmatittIntimate mixture of granite and older rock
Romanian migmatit
- migmatitIntimate mixture of granite and older rock
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