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plagioclases

plagioclases is the plural of plagioclase.

Meaning of plagioclase

Noun

plagioclase (usually uncountable, plural plagioclases)

  1. (usually) Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.
    • These crystals are of one of the most abundant minerals in nature – feldspar; furthermore, they are of a particular kind of feldspar rich in the element calcium, termed plagioclase.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51

Questions about plagioclases

What is plagioclases the plural of?
Plagioclases is the plural of plagioclase.

Words near plagioclases in the dictionary

  1. plagiocephalies
  2. plagiocephalism
  3. plagiocephaly
  4. plagiochilaceous
  5. plagioclase
  6. plagioclases
  7. plagioclasic
  8. plagioclastic
  9. plagioclimactic
  10. plagioclimax
  11. plagioclimaxes

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