dacite

English

Etymology

From German Dazit, from Latin Dācia (“greater Romania”). First used in 1863 by Austrian geologists Franz von Hauer and Guido Stache, in a description of the geology of Transylvania.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪsaɪt/

Noun

dacite (plural dacites)

(geology) An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.

Derived terms

dacitic

Translations

an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content

Basque: dazita
Catalan: dacita f
Czech: dacit m
Danish: dacit
Dutch: daciet (nl) f
Estonian: datsiit
Finnish: dasiitti
French: dacite (fr) f
German: Dazit m
Hungarian: dácit
Italian: dacite f

Japanese: デイサイト (deisaito)
Korean: 데이사이트 (deisaiteu)
Norwegian: dacitt
Polish: dacyt
Portuguese: dacito m
Russian: дацит (ru) (dacit)
Serbo-Croatian: дацит
Slovak: dacit
Spanish: dacita f
Swedish: dacit
Ukrainian: дацит (dacyt)

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