Di'a-bāse, n.
n. [Fr. diabase, from Gr. διάβασις, a crossing or passing over, from διαβαίνειν, from διά, through, and βαίνειν, to step, to pass;—so called by Brongniart, because it passes over to diorite.] (Min.) Greenstone. Dana.
n. [Fr. diabase, from Gr. διάβασις, a crossing or passing over, from διαβαίνειν, from διά, through, and βαίνειν, to step, to pass;—so called by Brongniart, because it passes over to diorite.] (Min.) Greenstone. Dana.