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Meaning of neoblastic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Constituting or pertaining to a new growth, as of tissue.
    not-comparable
  2. Descriptive of a crystal, or a mineral species in metamorphic rock, formed more recently, by recrystallization, than others in the same rock.
    not-comparable

Examples

“The neoblast-bearing sample was taken from a heterogeneous, lithic clast–rich igneous unit associated with the roof rocks of the impact melt sheet, making this the first time a crater has been dated using neoblastic zircon from the upper part of its stratigraphy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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