Granite
['grænɪt]
Definition
(noun.) something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); 'a man of granite'.
(noun.) plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz.
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Definition
(n.) A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure.
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Definition
n. an igneous crystalline rock composed of grains of quartz feldspar and mica and of a whitish grayish or reddish colour.—adj. Granit′ic pertaining to consisting of or like granite.—n. Granitificā′tion.—adjs. Granit′iform Gran′itoid of the form of or resembling granite; Granolith′ic composed of cement formed of pounded granite.
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Examples
- How do Big Buildings Get their Granite? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The broad pavement in front shone pale also; it gleamed as if some spell had transformed the dark granite to glistering Parian. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The old market-square was not very large, a mere bare patch of granite setts, usually with a few fruit-stalls under a wall. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Moreover, he put granite in the same cat egory, and believed it had been injected, as also metalliferous veins, in liquid st ate into the stratified rocks. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- On our left were the granite-ribbed domes of old Spain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is the granite formation, which lies deepest, and rises out, even to the tops of the highest mountains. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Granite is not rich in mineral ores. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In his judgment granite was a primitive rock formed previous to animal and vegetable life (hence without organic remains) by chemical precipitation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Granite supplies the most durable materials for building, as many of the ancient Egyptian monuments testify. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The meanest streets are strewed with truncated columns, broken capitals--Corinthian and Ionic, and sparkling fragments of granite or porphyry. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Iron gates between granite pillars showed me where to enter, and passing through them, I found myself at once in the twilight of close-ranked trees. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In this manner, after much labour, the rock was prepared to receive the blocks of granite, which were laid one on the other, till they rose above the surface of the water. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- On that granite pedestal a cast-iron pier was raised to a height of 100 feet, the level of the roadway of the rails. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The decomposed felspar of some varieties of granite yields the kaolin used in porcelain manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If his supposition were correct, then granite would be found sending out veins from its large masses to pierce the stratifi ed rocks and to crop out where stratum meets stratum. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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