Definition of Microlithic

1. a. Formed of small stones.

Definition of Microlithic

1. Adjective. Formed of small stones. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Microlithic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Microlithic

1. Formed of small stones. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microlithic

microlevel
microlevels
microlidar
microlidars
microlight
microlights
microlinguistic
microlinguistics
microlite
microliter
microliterature
microliters
microlites
microlith
microlithiasis
microlithic (current term)
microlithography
microliths
microlitre
microlitres
microlitter
microloan
microloans
micrologic
micrological
micrology
microluces
microlux
microluxes
micromachine

Literary usage of Microlithic

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

1. The Antiquary (1873)
"It consists of two single lines of microlithic stones, set at right angles to each other, and forming an enclosure not unlike our letter L. There are two ..."

2. Men of the Old Stone Age: Their Environment, Life and Art by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1915)
"Schmidt inclines to the autochthonous theory and regards the microlithic flint industry as an outgrowth of tendencies already well developed in the ..."

3. The Passing of the Great Race; Or, The Racial Basis of European History by Madison Grant, Henry Fairfield Osborn (1921)
"It is generally agreed that the harpoons were chiefly used for fishing, and that many of the microlithic flints, which now begin to appear more abundantly, ..."

4. Textbook of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1882)
"If the latter were not vitreous aud microlithic, neither would be the tuffs derived from them. In the Carboniferous volcanic area of Central Scotland the ..."

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