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granite 音标拼音: [gr'ænət] [gr'ænɪt] n. 花岗石;坚韧不拔 花岗石;坚韧不拔 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 \ 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] 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, tuffGranite, OK -- U. S. town in Oklahoma Population ( 2000): 1844 Housing Units ( 2000): 533 Land area ( 2000): 1. 581010 sq. miles ( 4. 094796 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 1. 581010 sq. miles ( 4. 094796 sq. km) FIPS code: 30950 Located within: Oklahoma ( OK), FIPS 40 Location: 34. 962367 N, 99. 381356 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 73547 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Granite, OK Granite
Granite, OR -- U. S. city in Oregon Population ( 2000): 24 Housing Units ( 2000): 74 Land area ( 2000): 0. 398327 sq. miles ( 1. 031663 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 002761 sq. miles ( 0. 007152 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 0. 401088 sq. miles ( 1. 038815 sq. km) FIPS code: 30500 Located within: Oregon ( OR), FIPS 41 Location: 44. 808774 N, 118. 420162 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Granite, OR Granite
Granite, UT -- U. S. Census Designated Place in Utah Population ( 2000): 2018 Housing Units ( 2000): 642 Land area ( 2000): 1. 468699 sq. miles ( 3. 803912 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 1. 468699 sq. miles ( 3. 803912 sq. km) FIPS code: 30900 Located within: Utah ( UT), FIPS 49 Location: 40. 571151 N, 111. 809535 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Granite, UT Granite
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