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 Definitions of diabase  [ˈdaɪ əˌbeɪs]  

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Definition of 'diabase' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) diabase
a fine-grained gabbro occurring as minor intrusions.

Etymology:  (1830–40; < F, =dia- (error for di- two) +basebase1)

Definition of 'diabase' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) diabase
a basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone

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