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English
Etymology
From oolite + -ic.
Adjective
oolitic (comparative more oolitic, superlative most oolitic)
- (geology) Made up of, or containing oolites
1844, Charles Darwin, Volcanic Islands:Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles.
- (dated, 19th century) Of a prehistoric era; Jurassic.
1852, J.C. Fremont, The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California:These mines occur in the same ridge in which, about 120 miles to the northward, and subsequently in their more immediate neighborhood, we discovered the fossils belonging to the oolitic period
Derived terms
Noun
oolitic (plural oolitics)
- An oolite.
- (dated, 19th century) A prehistoric era; the Jurassic.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French oolithique.
Adjective
oolitic m or n (feminine singular oolitică, masculine plural oolitici, feminine and neuter plural oolitice)
- oolitic
Declension