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peralkaline

peralkaline adjective: describing igneous rocks that have a higher ratio of sodium and potassium to aluminium than is needed to produce feldspar.

Adjective

peralkaline (comparative more peralkaline, superlative most peralkaline)

  1. Describing igneous rocks that have a higher ratio of sodium and potassium to aluminium than is needed to produce feldspar

Forms of peralkaline

comparativemore peralkaline
superlativemost peralkaline

Origin of peralkaline

From per- + alkaline.

Questions about peralkaline

What does peralkaline mean?
Peralkaline means describing igneous rocks that have a higher ratio of sodium and potassium to aluminium than is needed to produce feldspar.
What part of speech is peralkaline?
Peralkaline is an adjective.

Words near peralkaline in the dictionary

  1. Perales
  2. Peraleses
  3. Peralez
  4. Peralezes
  5. Peralillo
  6. peralkaline
  7. peralkalinity
  8. Perals
  9. Peralta
  10. Peraltas
  11. peraluminous

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