English-Thai Dictionary
andesite
N หิน ภูเขาไฟ hin-pu-kao-fai
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ANDESITE
ANDESITE An "des *ite, n. (Min. )
Defn: An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
New American Oxford Dictionary
andesite
an des ite |ˈandiˌzīt ˈændəzaɪt | ▶noun Geology a dark, fine-grained, brown or grayish volcanic rock that is intermediate in composition between rhyolite and basalt. DERIVATIVES an de sit ic |ˌandiˈzitik |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after the Andes mountains, where it is found + -ite 1 .
Oxford Dictionary
andesite
andesite |ˈandɪzʌɪt, -sʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Geology a dark, fine-grained, brown or greyish intermediate volcanic rock which is a common constituent of lavas in some areas. DERIVATIVES andesitic adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after the Andes mountains, where it is found + -ite 1 .
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