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Meaning of "felspar" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF FELSPAR

ˈfɛlˌspɑː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FELSPAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Felspar is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FELSPAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Feldspar

Feldspars are a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals that make up as much as 60% of the Earth's crust. Feldspars crystallize from magma as veins in both intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks and are also present in many types of metamorphic rock. Rock formed almost entirely of calcic plagioclase feldspar is known as anorthosite. Feldspars are also found in many types of sedimentary rock.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FELSPAR

calcspar · culpa · feldspar · fluorspar · grandpa · grandpapa · hepar · oompah · oupa · pa · pah · papa · par · parr · pas · spa · spar · subpar · unspar · Voluspa

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FELSPAR

feloniously · feloniousness · felonous · felonries · felonry · felony · felos de se · felsic · felsite · felsitic · felspathic · felspathoid · felspathose · felstone · felt · felt hat · felt pen · felt tip · felt-tip pen · felter

WORDS THAT END LIKE FELSPAR

Amritsar · appear · ar · avatar · bar · bear · below par · calendar · car · Caspar · clear · dear · dollar · ear · Gaspar · heavy spar · Iceland spar · no-par · nonpar · secpar

Synonyms and antonyms of felspar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «felspar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FELSPAR

Find out the translation of felspar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of felspar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «felspar» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

长石
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

feldespato
570 millions of speakers
en

English

felspar
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

एक धातु विशेष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

felspar
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

полевого шпата
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

feldspato
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অ্যালুমিনিয়াম পটাশিয়াম
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

feldspath
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Felspar
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Feldspat
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

felspar
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

장석
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Felspar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá bồ tát
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

களிக்கல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

फेलस्पर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

feldispat
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

feldspato
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

skaleniem
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

польового шпату
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

feldspat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άστριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veldspaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fältspat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

felspar
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about felspar

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FELSPAR»

Discover the use of felspar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to felspar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
On Certain New Phenomena of Colour in Labrador Felspar
The spaces between the individual patches are in almost every case dark, like the adjacent felspar; and when the microscope is capable of separating the individual patches, it becomes quite obvious, that, if they are grains of indurated matter, ...
David Brewster, 1829
2
Elements of Geology, Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth ...
its composition is black augite and Labrador-felspar; according to Leonhard ( Mineralreich, Sec, p. 77.), augite, Labrador-felspar, and magnetic iron. See above, p. 593. Domite. An earthy trachyte, found in the Puy de Dome, in Auvergne.
Charles Lyell, 1865
3
Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
Granites scorlinus: consisting of felspar, quartz, and fhorl. Found commonly in the mountains of Sweden, Silesia, and Swisserland. 5. Granites granaticus: consisting of felspar, quartz, and garnets. Found in the Swiss and Swedish mountains.
4
Report on the geology of the county of Londonderry, and of ...
A largely crystalline greenstone of hornblende and felspar, the latter yellowish- white, forming a rich contrast to the dark green hornblende. 49. Identical, except that it is smaller grained. 52. Still smaller grained, felspar white ; numerous spots of ...
J. E. Portlock, 1843
5
The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long].
Mica, felspar, and quartz, in distinct crystals, or else filling interstices between crystals, constitute the typical varieties, and the most abundant masses of granite ; but it is impossible so to limit the signification of the term. Hornblende must be ...
Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, George Long, 1838
6
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Compact felspar occurs as a simple rock ; also in gneiss, porphyries, amygdaloids, syenites, greenstones, augite rocks, hypersthene rocks, granite. Quartz occurs in quartz rock, granite, gneiss, mica schist, chlorite schist, talcose schist, ...
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1841
7
A dictionary of chemistry and mineralogy: with their ...
Massive, cellular and porous; and crystallized in small, thin, longish six-sided tahles. The lateral plains are longitudinally streaked. Lustre vitreous. Cleavage imperfect. Translucent and transparent. Hard as common felspar, and easily frangihle ...
Andrew Ure, William Nicholson, 1835
8
A Description Of Active And Extinct Volcanos, Of ...
3nd, i-iili mica and hornblende— these crystals abundant and generally black ; paste of compact felspar, pretty pure, and fusible into a white enamel ; crystals of glassy felspar. 3rd, porphyritic — paste of compact felspar, fusible into a white ...
Charles Daubeny, 1848
9
A Descriptive Catalogue of a New Collection of Minerals in ...
Glassy Felspar, of a smoke-grey colour, glassy lustre, a loose imperfect four- sided prism, occuring in completely disintegrated greenstone; from Pomiarsuk, East Greenland. 727. Glassy Felspar, of a pearl-grey colour, foliated fracture, with  ...
Carl Ludwig Giesecke, 1832
10
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Difussion of ...
Gneiss and mica schist, two of the most abundant of the oldest stratified rocks, appear, as to their substance, to be composed of the same parts as granitic rocks, viz. felspar, quartz, and mica, with great variations of proportions, and some ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FELSPAR»

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1
Five charged with conspiracy to supply heroin in Plymouth from …
They include four from Merseyside – Steven Kehoe, 29, of Felspar Road, Liverpool, Thomas Kehoe, 26, of Liverpool, Daniel O'Flahertty, 22, ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
2
Students and plants grow together at new outdoor learning center
The outdoor learning center, at 1376 Felspar St., allows students to learn through multiple learning styles including those with a more ... «San Diego Community Newspaper Group, May 15»
3
Pali villagers in Rajasthan embark on a mission to protect leopards
On the flip side, after the notification, several mines of felspar & quartz ... minerals were classified as minor minerals including felspar & quartz. «Times of India, Apr 15»
4
Vegetation fire forces evacuations in Jurupa Valley
Van Buren was closed between 56th Street and Limonite Avenue, as was 58th Street between Felspar and Hudson streets and Felspar Street ... «KABC-TV, Apr 15»
5
Car-less in Mission Bay
... along Ocean Front Walk in Pacific Beach, from Pacific Beach Drive north to Felspar, and in Mission Beach near the end of Mission Bay Drive. «San Diego Reader, Apr 15»
6
Dog shot by SDPD sparks outrage, online petition
The incident occurred just before 5:30 a.m. at a residence on Felspar and Bayard streets when two police officers responded to an apparent ... «San Diego Community Newspaper Group, Mar 15»
7
Place for schminkas
I round the corner onto the beginning of Felspar and haul open the glass door. #“At the bar or any tables that don't have white tablecloths,” says ... «San Diego Reader, Mar 15»
8
Police officer kills friendly service dog
Ian Anderson, 24, said he was asleep when two police officers knocked on his door in the 900 block of Felspar Street in Pacific Beach at about ... «WND.com, Mar 15»
9
Bikeshare to roll into Pacific Beach by summer
Cass Street and Felspar Street; Garnet Avenue and Ocean Boulevard; Bayard Street and Garnet Avenue; Cass Street and Garnet Avenue; «San Diego Community Newspaper Group, Mar 15»
10
31 major minerals to be notified as minor minerals
... diaspore, dolomite, dunite/pyroxenite, felsite, felspar, fireclay, fuschite quartzite, gypsum, jasper, mica, quartz, sand (others) and shale. «Business Standard, Feb 15»
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