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Webster 1913 Edition

Granitic

Gra-nit′ic

,
Adj.
[Cf. F. granitique.]
1.
Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite;
as, granitic texture
.
2.
Consisting of granite;
as,
granitic
mountains
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Granitic

GRANIT'IC

,
Adj.
Pertaining to granit; like granit; having the nature of granitic; as granitic texture.
1.
Consisting of granit; as granitic mountains.
Granitic aggregates, in mineralogy, granular compounds of two or more simple minerals, in which only one of the essential ingredients of granit is present; as quartz and hornblend, feldspar and shorl, &c. Similar compounds occur, in which none of the ingredients of granit are present.

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