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peraluminous

peraluminous adjective: describing igneous rocks that have a higher molar proportion of aluminium to sodium, potassium and calcium.

Adjective

peraluminous (comparative more peraluminous, superlative most peraluminous)

  1. Describing igneous rocks that have a higher molar proportion of aluminium to sodium, potassium and calcium

Forms of peraluminous

comparativemore peraluminous
superlativemost peraluminous

Origin of peraluminous

From per- + aluminous.

Questions about peraluminous

What does peraluminous mean?
Peraluminous means describing igneous rocks that have a higher molar proportion of aluminium to sodium, potassium and calcium.
What part of speech is peraluminous?
Peraluminous is an adjective.

Words near peraluminous in the dictionary

  1. peralkaline
  2. peralkalinity
  3. Perals
  4. Peralta
  5. Peraltas
  6. peraluminous
  7. Perambalur
  8. peramble
  9. perambled
  10. perambles
  11. perambling

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