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adularize

adularize verb: to gain or be replaced by adularia.

Verb

adularize (third-person singular simple present adularizes, present participle adularizing, simple past and past participle adularized)

  1. to gain or be replaced by adularia
    • At some localities the sanidite is adularizing.1875, Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. F. V. Hayden, Geologist-in-charge, page 153
    • […] albite, calcite, and pyrite -- are compounds of magnesium, sodium, calcium, and iron, which are the principal elements removed during adularization. The peripheral relation of the chloritized rocks to the adularized rocks […]1935, Nevada Bureau of Mines, Bulletin

Forms of adularize

third-person singular presentadularizes
present participleadularizing
past participleadularized
pastadularized

Origin of adularize

From adularia.

Questions about adularize

What does adularize mean?
Adularize means to gain or be replaced by adularia.
What part of speech is adularize?
Adularize is a verb.
What is the past tense of adularize?
The past tense of adularize is adularized.

Words near adularize in the dictionary

  1. adularescence
  2. adularescent
  3. adularia
  4. adularias
  5. adularization
  6. adularize
  7. adularized
  8. adularizes
  9. adularizing
  10. adulate
  11. adulated

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