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(gran′it) noun
1. A hard, coarse-grained, igneous rock composed principally of quartz, feldspar, and mica, of great strength and taking a high polish.
2. Great hardness or rigidity. [<Ital. granito, orig. pp. of granire make seeds <grano a seed <L granum]
—gra·nit·ic (grə·nit′ik) or ·i·cal adjective
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