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Webster 1913 Edition
Hypocrystalline
Hypˊo-crys′tal-line
,Adj.
[Pref.
hypo-
+ crystalline
.] (Crystallog.)
Partly crystalline; – said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass.
Definition 2024
hypocrystalline
hypocrystalline
English
Adjective
hypocrystalline (not comparable)
- (geology, of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
Translations
geology: having both glass and crystalline components
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