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Pearl Harbor (sh) and orthophyre (iou)


Pearl Harbor (sh)




Inlet, southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, U.S. It lies 6 mi (10 km) west of Honolulu, forming a landlocked harbour connected with the Pacific Ocean.

In 1887 Hawaii granted the U.S. the exclusive use of the harbour as a coaling and repair station, and in 1908 a naval station was established. In 1941 the harbour was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force, causing great loss of life and precipitating U.S. entry into World War II. It is now the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.


orthophyre (iou)



orthophyre noun. L19.
[French, formed as ORTHO- + por)phyre PORPHYRY.]
Petrography. Porphyry in which the phenocrysts are chiefly of orthoclase.
ortho'phyric adjective having a groundmass containing short stout feldspar crystals of rectangular or quadratic cross-section L19.