Wondering how to use Porphyritic in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Porphyritic in a sentence
Porphyritic meaning
- Of or pertaining to porphyry.
- Containing large crystals in a fine mass of material.
Synonyms of Porphyritic
Using Porphyritic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to porphyry. | Containing large crystals in a fine mass of material.
- Useful related words include: igneous rock.
Context around Porphyritic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Porphyritic
- In this selection, "porphyritic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, felsic and minerals stand out and add context to how "porphyritic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include corrosion of porphyritic minerals in and in a porphyritic felsic dike. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "porphyritic" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with porphyritic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In this connection we may repeat what has been said above about the corrosion of porphyritic minerals in igneous rocks. (20 words)
Gabbro is usually equigranular in texture, although it may be porphyritic at times, especially when plagioclase oikocrysts have grown earlier than the groundmass minerals. (24 words)
The second interval is composed of 5% disseminated pyrite, 1% sphalerite clusters with intense and local pervasive silica flooding hosted in a porphyritic felsic dike with moderate carbonate and sericite alteration. (31 words)
The second interval is composed of 5% disseminated pyrite, 1% sphalerite clusters with intense and local pervasive silica flooding hosted in a porphyritic felsic dike with moderate carbonate and sericite alteration. (31 words)
Gabbro is usually equigranular in texture, although it may be porphyritic at times, especially when plagioclase oikocrysts have grown earlier than the groundmass minerals. (24 words)
In this connection we may repeat what has been said above about the corrosion of porphyritic minerals in igneous rocks. (20 words)
Example sentences (3)
The second interval is composed of 5% disseminated pyrite, 1% sphalerite clusters with intense and local pervasive silica flooding hosted in a porphyritic felsic dike with moderate carbonate and sericite alteration.
Gabbro is usually equigranular in texture, although it may be porphyritic at times, especially when plagioclase oikocrysts have grown earlier than the groundmass minerals.
In this connection we may repeat what has been said above about the corrosion of porphyritic minerals in igneous rocks.