The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laccolite
Laccolite \Lac"co*lite\, Laccolith \Lac"co*lith\, n. [Gr. ? a cistern + -lite, -lith.] (Geol.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. -- Lac`co*lit"ic, a.
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laccolite
n. (alternative form of laccolith English)
Usage examples of "laccolite".
These side flows from dikes are termed laccolites, a word which signifies the pool-like nature of the stony mass which they form between the strata.