granite

5 definitions found

granite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Granite \Gran"ite\ (gr[a^]n"[i^]t), n. [It. granito granite,
     adj., grainy, p. p. of granire to make grainy, fr. L. granum
     grain; cf. F. granit. See Grain.] (Geol.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also
           the Note under Mica.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of
        a regular arrangement.
  
     Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar
        without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged
        in the transverse section like oriental characters.
  
     Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in
        distinct crystals.
  
     Hornblende granite, or
  
     Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as
        mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende
        replacing the mica.
  
     Granite ware.
     (a) A kind of stoneware.
     (b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling
         granite.
         [1913 Webster]

  Syenite \Sy"e*nite\, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene,
     Gr. ?.] (Min.)
     (a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and
         feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt,
         and now called granite.
     (b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of
         orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or
         accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes
         contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then
         called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite   syenite
         .
         [1913 Webster]

granite - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  granite
      n 1: plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture;
           generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
      2: something having the quality of granite (unyielding
         firmness); "a man of granite"

granite - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Granite, CO
    Zip code(s): 81228
  Granite, MD
    Zip code(s): 21163
  Granite, OK (town, FIPS 30950)
    Location: 34.96294 N, 99.37830 W
    Population (1990): 1844 (587 housing units)
    Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 73547
  Granite, OR (city, FIPS 30500)
    Location: 44.81056 N, 118.41941 W
    Population (1990): 8 (48 housing units)
    Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Granite, UT (CDP, FIPS 30900)
    Location: 40.56743 N, 111.80560 W
    Population (1990): 3300 (903 housing units)
    Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

granite - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "granite":
     aa, abyssal rock, adamant, basalt, bedrock, block lava, bone,
     brash, breccia, brick, cement, concrete, conglomerate, crag,
     diamond, druid stone, festooned pahoehoe, flint, gneiss,
     heart of oak, igneous rock, iron, lava, limestone, living rock,
     magma, mantlerock, marble, metamorphic rock, monolith, nails, oak,
     pahoehoe, pillow lava, porphyry, pudding stone, regolith, rock,
     ropy lava, rubble, rubblestone, sandstone, sarsen, schist, scoria,
     scree, sedimentary rock, shelly pahoehoe, steel, stone, talus,
     tufa, tuff