Xenoliths is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Xenoliths in a sentence
Xenoliths meaning
plural of xenolith
Using Xenoliths
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of xenolith
- In the example corpus, xenoliths often appears in combinations such as: xenoliths are.
Context around Xenoliths
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Xenoliths
- In this selection, "xenoliths" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, disaggegated, rocks and minerals stand out and add context to how "xenoliths" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include formed rocks xenoliths minerals xenocrysts and occurs when xenoliths are found. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "xenoliths" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with xenoliths
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A similar situation with igneous rocks occurs when xenoliths are found. (11 words)
The magma itself does not contain diamond; instead, it acts as an elevator that carries deep-formed rocks (xenoliths), minerals ( xenocrysts ), and fluids upward. (24 words)
Xenoliths of garnet peridotite have been carried up from depths of convert and greater by kimberlite, and garnets from such disaggegated xenoliths are used as a kimberlite indicator minerals in diamond prospecting. (32 words)
Xenoliths of garnet peridotite have been carried up from depths of convert and greater by kimberlite, and garnets from such disaggegated xenoliths are used as a kimberlite indicator minerals in diamond prospecting. (32 words)
The magma itself does not contain diamond; instead, it acts as an elevator that carries deep-formed rocks (xenoliths), minerals ( xenocrysts ), and fluids upward. (24 words)
A similar situation with igneous rocks occurs when xenoliths are found. (11 words)
Example sentences (3)
Xenoliths of garnet peridotite have been carried up from depths of convert and greater by kimberlite, and garnets from such disaggegated xenoliths are used as a kimberlite indicator minerals in diamond prospecting.
A similar situation with igneous rocks occurs when xenoliths are found.
The magma itself does not contain diamond; instead, it acts as an elevator that carries deep-formed rocks (xenoliths), minerals ( xenocrysts ), and fluids upward.
Common combinations with xenoliths
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: