Definition of Microlith

1. n. Same as Microlite, 2.

Definition of Microlith

1. Noun. a small stone tool ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Microlith

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Microlith

1. Same as Microlite. Origin: Micro- + lith. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microlith

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

Literary usage of Microlith

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

1. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips, Robert Etheridge (1885)
"They may belong to many minerals, such as felspar, hornblende, augite, mica, or apatite; and if the microlith can be identified, it is referred to its ..."

2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1902)
"... an acicular microlith occasionally occurring : the clearer specimens show a faint pleochroism, the extinction angles are rather small, and the mineral ..."

3. Volcanoes: Their Structure and Significance by Thomas George Bonney (1899)
"microlith is also used for the same thing. * Among other reasons for this we may mention that, in a good many cases, especially among the rocks with a ..."

4. Volcanoes: Their Structure and Significance by Thomas George Bonney (1912)
"microlith is also used for the same thing. t Among other reasons for this we may mention that in a good many cases, especially among the rocks with a rather ..."

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