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pericline

pericline noun: a form of albite exhibiting elongated prismatic crystals.

Noun

pericline (countable and uncountable, plural periclines)

  1. A form of albite exhibiting elongated prismatic crystals.
  2. (countable) A periclinal wall.

Forms of pericline

pluralpericlines

Origin of pericline

From peri- + -cline.

Questions about pericline

What does pericline mean?
Pericline means a form of albite exhibiting elongated prismatic crystals.
What part of speech is pericline?
Pericline is a noun.
What is the plural of pericline?
The plural of pericline is periclines.

Words near pericline in the dictionary

  1. periclavicular
  2. Periclean
  3. Pericles
  4. periclinal
  5. periclinally
  6. pericline
  7. periclines
  8. periclinia
  9. periclinium
  10. periclitate
  11. periclitated

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