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Meaning of microgabbro | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A fine-grained igneous rock with the same composition as gabbro but having an ophitic texture; diabase.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Among these sequences, the Early Cretaceous parts (Urutawan–Motuan) contain spilites and keratophyres within greywacke-type detritus and conglomerates (Battey 1950; Ash 1970; Hay 1975), whilst the Late Cretaceous lithologies are predominantly basalts, dolerites, and microgabbros, with minor amounts of sediment (Le Couteur 1967; Hay 1975).”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

microgame microgamete microgametocyte microgametogenesis microgametophyte microgap