Definition of Lateritic

1. a. Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations.

Definition of Lateritic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to laterite. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lateritic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lateritic

lateralizes
lateralizing
lateralled
lateralling
laterally
laterals
lateralward
laterborn
laterborns
latered
lateriflexion
laterifolious
laterigrade
laterite
laterites
lateritic (current term)
lateritious
laterization
laterizations
laterize
laterized
laterizes
laterizing
latero-
lateroabdominal
laterodeviation
lateroduction
lateroflexion
lateroposition
lateropulsion

Literary usage of Lateritic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1883)
"THE lateritic FORMATIONS. The rocks which I class under this heading are very ... to those assigned to the lateritic group in formations elsewhere. the more ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1916)
"By JOSEPH T. SINGEWALD, JR., and BENJAMIN LEROY MILLER 67 Additional Data on Origin of lateritic Iron Ores of Eastern Cuba. ..."

3. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1850)
"On the lateritic Formation.—Madras Journ. Lit. VIII. p. 334. 2. Geology of Bangalore and some other portions of Mysore.— Madras Journ. Lit. IX. p. 89. ..."

4. Metamorphic Geology: A Text-book by Charles Kenneth Leith, Warren Judson Mead (1915)
"COMPARISON OF lateritic IRON ORES OF CUBA AND THE ARKANSAS BAUXITE DEPOSITS These two types of alteration products, one developed from very basic igneous ..."

5. Metamorphic Geology: A Text-book by Charles Kenneth Leith, Warren Judson Mead (1915)
"COMPARISON OF lateritic IRON ORES OF CUBA AND THE ARKANSAS BAUXITE DEPOSITS These two types of alteration products, one developed from very basic igneous ..."

6. The Nature of Ore Deposits by Richard Beck (1905)
"(B) lateritic DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS RICH IN IRON ORE. The laterites of Brazil, a geologically recent formation not older than the Pleistocene epoch, ..."

7. Records of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1879)
"These lumps are here, and generally in the eastern part of the lateritic area, unglazed and dull in appearance ; further west, however, the lateritic gravel ..."

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