sima
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
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the silicon-rich and magnesium-rich rocks of the earth's oceanic crust, the most abundant individual rock being basalt
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the earth's continental lower crust, probably comprised of gabbro rather than basalt
Other Word Forms
- simatic adjective
Etymology
Origin of sima1
< German (1909), equivalent to Latin si ( licium ) silicium + ma ( gnesium ) magnesium
Origin of sima2
Variant of cyma
Example Sentences
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The staple food is "sima", a maize flour mixed with water.
From BBC
“Mar�a pur�sima,” he exclaimed, “you cannot mean, se�orita, that you, all alone, will deliver the City of Mexico into our hands?”
From Project Gutenberg
Maria Sant�sima; look at my poor brother all alone without the power to speak or rise!
From Project Gutenberg
I refer to the colored regiments, who occupied the right and left flanks of us at Gu�simas, the Ninth and Tenth cavalry regiments.
From Project Gutenberg
This sima is sometimes continued along the long sides of the building, and sometimes not.
From Project Gutenberg
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