host-rock
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.58 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Their exact relationship to the host-rock is obscure but from their texture and observed metamorphic relationship they are thought to be intrusive dykes rather than intercalations of more basic lava."
- "The column dif δ¹⁸O indicates the difference between de δ¹⁸O of the calcite cement in the veins and its adjacent host-rock."
- "We simplify the concept of thermodynamic equilibrium by assuming that 100% of the melt will be in thermodynamic equilibrium with a fixed weight fraction of the host-rock it travels through."