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What is the noun for granitic?

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granite
  1. (petrology) A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown.
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) Toughness; the quality of having a thick skin or being rough.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The athlete's granite allowed him to push through the pain and complete the marathon.”
      “Lacking foothills, it appears to shoot straight up into the sky, its jagged granite peaks floating above the clouds.”
      “Those hoping to visit it are stopped by a granite wall topped with barbed wire.”
graniteware
  1. Ironware that has been coated with a layer of vitreous enamel with a swirled or speckled pattern resembling granite.
  2. Pottery with the same type of enamel coating.
  3. Examples:
    1. “This decorative style then continued on other ceramic wares such as whiteware, cream-colored earthenware, or white graniteware.”
      “Cook together in a graniteware saucepan one cupful granulated sugar and half a cup of water until it spins a thread.”
      “The store itself was full of all sorts of crockery and tin and graniteware, such as had never been seen there before.”
granitization
  1. (geology) The process of sedimentary rock becoming granite through remelting and recooling.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Thus, granites can form both by magmatism and granitization or a combination of the two.”
      “The whole of this territory is, therefore, worth examination in the light of the granitization hypothesis.”
      “The polyphasic character of these granitization processes have, in some cases, made basic rocks appear to be enclosed within granites like intrusive rocks.”
granitoid
  1. (geology) Any mineral that resembles granite.
granitisation
  1. Alternative form of granitization
granitification
  1. The act or process of forming into granite.
granitisations
  1. plural of granitisation
granitizations
  1. plural of granitization
granitewares
  1. plural of graniteware
granitoids
  1. plural of granitoid
granites
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