English-Thai Dictionary
gabbro
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GABBRO
n.In mineralogy, the name given by the Italians to the aggregate of diallage and saussurite. It is the euphotide of the French, and the verde di Corcisa duro of artists.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GABBRO
Gab "bro, n. Etym: [It. ] (Geol.)
Defn: A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage ) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
gabbro
gab bro |ˈgabrō ˈɡæbroʊ | ▶noun ( pl. gabbros ) Geology a dark, coarse-grained plutonic rock of crystalline texture, consisting mainly of pyroxene, plagioclase feldspar, and often olivine. DERIVATIVES gab bro ic |gəˈbrō -ik |adjective, gab broid |-broid |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Italian, from Latin glaber, glabr- ‘smooth. ’
Oxford Dictionary
gabbro
gabbro |ˈgabrəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. gabbros ) [ mass noun ] Geology a dark, coarse-grained plutonic rock of crystalline texture, consisting mainly of pyroxene, plagioclase feldspar, and often olivine. DERIVATIVES gabbroic |-ˈbrəʊɪk |adjective, gabbroid adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Italian, from Latin glaber, glabr- ‘smooth ’.
Duden Dictionary
Gabbro
Gab b ro , Gab bro Substantiv, maskulin Geologie , der |G a bbro |nach dem Hügelland von Gabbro bei Livorno, Italien körniges, schwarzgrünes Tiefengestein
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