synantectic

adjective

syn·​an·​tec·​tic

¦sinən‧¦tektik,

-iˌnan‧-

variants or synantetic

-etik

: formed by the reaction of two other minerals compare corona sense 2h

Word History

Etymology

synantectic alteration of synantetic; synantetic from (assumed) Greek synantetos (verbal of Greek synantan to meet, encounter, from syn- + antan to meet face to face, from anta opposite) + English -ic; akin to Greek anti against

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