dunite

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English

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small volcanic bomb of (black) basanite with (green) dunite

Etymology

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Named after Dun Mountain near Nelson, New Zealand, +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈduːˌnaɪt/, /ˈdʌnˌaɪt/

Noun

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dunite (countable and uncountable, plural dunites)

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  1. A type of igneous rock with a coarse-grained or phaneritic texture.

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Italian

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Etymology

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Named after the Dun Mountain near the city of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island. Derived from Dun +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /duˈni.te/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Hyphenation: du‧nì‧te

Noun

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dunite f (plural duniti)

  1. (petrology) dunite

Further reading

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  • dunite on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • dunite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • dunite in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Verb

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dunite (Cyrillic spelling дуните)

  1. second-person plural imperative of dunuti
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