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gran·ite    Audio Help   [gran-it] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
2.anything compared to this rock in great hardness, firmness, or durability.

[Origin: 1640–50; < It granito grainy. See grain, -ite1]

gra·nit·ic    Audio Help   [gruh-nit-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
gran·ite·like, adjective
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gra·ni·té    Audio Help   [gran-i-tey, grah-ni-; Fr. gra-nee-tey] Pronunciation Key
–noun French Cookery.
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gran·ite    Audio Help   (grān'ĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica, used in monuments and for building.
  2. Unyielding endurance; steadfastness: a will of granite.


[Italian granito, from past participle of granire, to make grainy, from grano, grain, from Latin grānum; see gə-no- in Indo-European roots.]

gra·nit'ic (grā-nĭt'ĭk, grə-), gran'it·oid' (grān'ĭ-toid') adj.
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granite 
1646, from Fr. granit(e), from It. granito "granite," originally "grained," pp. of granire "granulate," from grano "grain," from L. granum "grain." In reference to the appearance of the rock. Used figuratively for "hardness" (of the heart, head, etc.) from 1839.

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granite

noun
1. plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz 
2. something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); "a man of granite" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
granite [ˈgrӕnit] noun, adjective
(of) a type of hard usually grey or red rock used for building: buildings of granite
Example: granite hills
Arabic: الغرانيت: حَجَر الصُّوان
Chinese (Simplified): 花岗石
Chinese (Traditional): 花崗石
Czech: žula; žulový
Danish: granit; granit-
Estonian: graniit
Finnish: graniitti
French: (de) granit
German: der Granit, Granit-…
Greek: γρανίτης
Hungarian: gránit
Icelandic: granít
Indonesian: granit
Italian: granito; di granito*
Japanese: 花こう岩
Latvian: granīts
Lithuanian: granitas; granitinis
Norwegian: granitt
Polish: granit(owy)
Portuguese (Brazil): granito
Portuguese (Portugal): granito
Romanian: (de) granit
Russian: гранит; гранитный
Slovak: žula; žulový
Slovenian: granit; graniten
Spanish: granito
Swedish: granit
Turkish: granit
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granite    Audio Help   (grān'ĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
A usually light-colored, coarse-grained igneous rock consisting mostly of quartz, orthoclase feldspar, sodium-rich plagioclase feldspar, and micas. Quartz usually makes up 10 to 50 percent of the light-colored minerals in granite, with the remaining minerals consisting of the feldspars and muscovite. The darker minerals in granite are usually biotite and hornblende. Granite is one of the most common rocks in the crust of continents, and is formed by the slow, underground cooling of magma.

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granite

A relatively lightweight igneous rock that makes up most of the Earth's crust beneath the continents. (See basalt, plate tectonics, and tectonic plates.)


[Chapter:] Earth Sciences


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Granite Springs, NY Zip code(s): 10527

Granite Falls, MN (city, FIPS 25280) Location: 44.81106 N, 95.53870 W
Population (1990): 3083 (1401 housing units)
Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56241

Granite Falls, NC (town, FIPS 27420) Location: 35.80167 N, 81.42705 W
Population (1990): 3253 (1366 housing units)
Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28630

Granite Falls, WA (town, FIPS 27995) Location: 48.08286 N, 121.96709 W
Population (1990): 1060 (445 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 98252

Granite City, IL (city, FIPS 30926) Location: 38.71440 N, 90.12965 W
Population (1990): 32862 (13886 housing units)
Area: 32.4 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)

Granite Shoals, TX (city, FIPS 30584) Location: 30.58867 N, 98.38375 W
Population (1990): 1378 (1145 housing units)
Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)

Granite Quarry, NC (town, FIPS 27440) Location: 35.61319 N, 80.44571 W
Population (1990): 1646 (688 housing units)
Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Granite Hills, CA (CDP, FIPS 30703) Location: 32.80300 N, 116.90376 W
Population (1990): 3157 (1035 housing units)
Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Granite County, MT (county, FIPS 39) Location: 46.42043 N, 113.44701 W
Population (1990): 2548 (1924 housing units)
Area: 4474.3 sq km (land), 14.6 sq km (water)

Granite, CO Zip code(s): 81228

Granite, MD Zip code(s): 21163

Granite, OK (town, FIPS 30950) Location: 34.96294 N, 99.37830 W
Population (1990): 1844 (587 housing units)
Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73547

Granite, OR (city, FIPS 30500) Location: 44.81056 N, 118.41941 W
Population (1990): 8 (48 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Granite, UT (CDP, FIPS 30900) Location: 40.56743 N, 111.80560 W
Population (1990): 3300 (903 housing units)
Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Granite

Gran"ite\, n. [It. granito granite, adj., grainy, p. p. of granire to make grainy, fr. L. granum grain; cf. F. granit. See Grain.] (Geol.) A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure.

Note: Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also the Note under Mica.

Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of a regular arrangement.

Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged in the transverse section like oriental characters.

Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in distinct crystals.

Hornblende granite, or

Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica.

Granite ware. (a) A kind of stoneware. (b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling granite.
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