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macle

macle noun: chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section.

Noun

macle (plural macles)

  1. Chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section.
  2. A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance.
  3. A twin crystal.

macle meaning in Kannada

macle in Kannada

ಅವಳಿ ಹರಳು, ಜೋಡಿ ಹರಳು, ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಹರಳು, ಮ್ಯಾಕಲ್‍, ಕಪ್ಪುಮಚ್ಚೆ

Forms of macle

pluralmacles

Origin of macle

Borrowed from French macle, which in turn derives either from Latin macula (from Italic) or from Latin mascula (from Germanic). See mascle for more.

Words formed from macle

Questions about macle

What does macle mean?
Macle means chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section.
What is macle in Kannada?
Macle in Kannada is ಅವಳಿ ಹರಳು, ಜೋಡಿ ಹರಳು, ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಹರಳು. See Macle meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is macle?
Macle is a noun.
What is the plural of macle?
The plural of macle is macles.

Words near macle in the dictionary

  1. Maclaurin polynomials
  2. Maclaurin series
  3. Maclaurin spheroid
  4. Maclaurin spheroids
  5. Maclay
  6. macle
  7. Maclean
  8. Maclear's rat
  9. Maclear's rats
  10. Macleay
  11. Macleay laurel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: macle (page history and authors); macle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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