adjective
- of, relating to, or composed of granulite; having a granular texture characteristic of granulite rock.
Usage: geology; technical
Examples
- The granulitic rocks in the mountain range showed evidence of high-temperature metamorphism.
- Geologists identified granulitic facies in the deep crustal samples.
- The granulitic texture of the specimen indicated it had formed under extreme pressure and heat.
- These granulitic metamorphic rocks are common in the Archean basement complexes.