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Albite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common cons…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Andesine
noun · 78% connection
A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Andesite
noun · 78% connection
An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Anorthite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Aphanite
noun · 78% connection
A very compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Armature
noun · 78% connection
A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Augitic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic rocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Bottle
verb · 78% connection
To put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle or bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle wine or porter; t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Diabase
noun · 78% connection
A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Diamagnetic
noun · 78% connection
Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Diamagnetism
noun · 78% connection
phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the ma…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Diorite
noun · 78% connection
An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Dolerite
noun · 78% connection
A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Dollar
noun · 78% connection
A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Electro-magnet
noun · 78% connection
A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Emery
noun · 78% connection
Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Felsite
noun · 78% connection
A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
Gabbro
noun · 78% connection
A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rock, igneous, origin, consisting, augite.
