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Basalt Falls — is a waterfall on the Dean River in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, located north of the community of Anahim Lake. . It is approximately 12 feet in height and is composed of columnar basalt.ee also*Chilcotin… … Wikipedia
Basalt — For the World War II raid, see Operation Basalt. For the cities, see Basalt, Colorado and Basalt, Idaho. Basalt Igneous Rock Composition … Wikipedia
Columnar — Co*lum nar, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.] Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column. [1913 Webster] {Columnar epithelium} (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are prismatic in form, and set upright … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Columnar epithelium — Columnar Co*lum nar, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.] Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column. [1913 Webster] {Columnar epithelium} (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are prismatic in form, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Columnar structure — Columnar Co*lum nar, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.] Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column. [1913 Webster] {Columnar epithelium} (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are prismatic in form, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
basalt — ► NOUN ▪ a dark fine grained volcanic rock that sometimes displays a columnar structure. DERIVATIVES basaltic adjective. ORIGIN Latin basaltes, from Greek basanos touchstone … English terms dictionary
Basalt fan structure — A basalt fan structure is a basalt formation composed of columnar jointed basalt columns that have slumped into a fan shape. They are most likely created when basalt lava is intruded into a soft material, such as loose volcanic ash, which is… … Wikipedia
Columnar structure — Structure Struc ture, n. [L. structura, from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. {Construe}, {Destroy}, {Instrument}, {Obstruct}.] 1. The act of building; the practice of erecting… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
basalt — basaltic, basaltine /beuh sawl tin, tuyn/, adj. /beuh sawlt , bas awlt, bay sawlt/, n. the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.… … Universalium
columnar jointing — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A type of fracture pattern resulting from the thermal contraction of hot volcanic rocks after their crystallization which commonly is expressed in elongate, pentagonal or hexagonal columns oriented perpendicular to the… … Glossary of volcanic terms
basalt — ba•salt [[t]bəˈsɔlt, ˈbæs ɔlt, ˈbeɪ sɔlt[/t]] n. pet the dark, dense, igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L… … From formal English to slang
