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PRONUNCIATION OF ORTHOPYROXENE

orthopyroxene  [ˌɔːθəʊpaɪˈrɒksiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORTHOPYROXENE

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WHAT DOES ORTHOPYROXENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

orthopyroxene

Pyroxene

The pyroxenes are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks. They share a common structure consisting of single chains of silica tetrahedra and they crystallize in the monoclinic and orthorhombic systems. Pyroxenes have the general formula XY(Si,Al)2O6 (where X represents calcium, sodium, iron+2 and magnesium and more rarely zinc, manganese and lithium and Y represents ions of smaller size, such as chromium, aluminium, iron+3, magnesium, manganese, scandium, titanium, vanadium and even iron+2). Although aluminium substitutes extensively for silicon in silicates such as feldspars and amphiboles, the substitution occurs only to a limited extent in most pyroxenes. The name pyroxene comes from the Greek words for fire (πυρ) and stranger (ξένος). Pyroxenes were named this way because of their presence in volcanic lavas, where they are sometimes seen as crystals embedded in volcanic glass; it was assumed they were impurities in the glass, hence the name "fire strangers". However, they are simply early-forming minerals that crystallized before the lava erupted.

Definition of orthopyroxene in the English dictionary

The definition of orthopyroxene in the dictionary is a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORTHOPYROXENE


clinopyroxene
ˌklaɪnəʊpaɪˈrɒksiːn
fuchsine
ˈfuːksiːn
glycine
ˈɡlaɪsiːn
Holocene
ˈhɒləˌsiːn
kerosene
ˈkɛrəˌsiːn
lysine
ˈlaɪsiːn
Mersin
mɛəˈsiːn
obscene
əbˈsiːn
pyridoxine
ˌpɪrɪˈdɒksiːn
pyroxene
paɪˈrɒksiːn
Rexine
ˈrɛksiːn
scene
siːn
seen
siːn
sulfadoxine
ˌsʌlfəˈdɒksiːn
sulphadoxine
ˌsʌlfəˈdɒksiːn
thyroxine
θaɪˈrɒksiːn
tyrosine
ˈtaɪrəˌsiːn
unforeseen
ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn
unseen
ʌnˈsiːn
vaccine
ˈvæksiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORTHOPYROXENE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ORTHOPYROXENE

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Synonyms and antonyms of orthopyroxene in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «orthopyroxene» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

斜方辉石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ortopiroxeno
570 millions of speakers

English

orthopyroxene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

orthopyroxene
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

orthopyroxene
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ортопироксен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ortopiroxena
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

orthopyroxene
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orthopyroxène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ortopyroksena
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Orthopyroxen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

斜方輝石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

orthopyroxene
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Orthopyroxene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

orthopyroxen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

orthopyroxene
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑर्थिप्रोक्सीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ortopiroksen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ortopirosseno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

orthopyroxene
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ортопіроксен
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ortopiroxen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

orthopyroxene
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ortopirokseen
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

orthopyroxene
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ortopyroksen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of orthopyroxene

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORTHOPYROXENE»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORTHOPYROXENE»

Discover the use of orthopyroxene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orthopyroxene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ophiolites in Earth History
Subordinately, subhedral spinel can be found among or within olivine, whereas xenomorphic spinel (0.5-1 mm) is locally placed at the rim of tabular orthopyroxene. The association formed by relics of spinel, plagioclase ± orthopyroxene is ...
Yildirim Dilek, Paul T. Robinson, 2003
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Rock-Forming Minerals: Orthosilicates, Volume 1A:
volume by volume replacement (with excess oxygen) Ambler and Ashley calculated the changes in MgO, ' FeO and Si62 wt. per cent for the olivine- symplectite reaction: 1 vol. olivine, Fo63 .8 -* 0-57 vol. orthopyroxene, En6g + 0- 43 vol.
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, 1982
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Single-chain Silicates
The partition of Ni between orthopyroxene and olivine, in the prehistoric Makaopuhi Lava Lake, Hawaii, has been determined by Evans (1969), and shows that the poikilitic orthopyroxene probably crystallized in exchange equilibrium with the ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, 1997
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Precambrian Geology of the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
It is evident from this diagram that these rocks contain substantial amounts of normative orthopyroxene (see also Fig. 8). Indeed, we conclude that the protoliths of the Tobacco Root meta-ultramafic rocks were cumulates rich in orthopyroxene, ...
John Brady, 2004
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Deformation and Grain-size Evolution of Orthopyroxene in the ...
Processes related to the grain-size evolution of orthopyroxene at upper mantle conditions are investigated from experimental and observational perspectives.
Philip Alexander Skemer, 2007
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Phase Diagrams for Geoscientists: An Atlas of the Earth's ...
sitions have slightly higher Ca contents than those determined by Biggar (1988), but the orthopyroxene to protopyroxene + clinopyroxene boundary is in agreement (Fig. 4.2). The calculated temperature-composition phase diagrams for the ...
Tibor Gasparik, 2003
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Magmatic Sulfide Deposits: Geology, Geochemistry and Exploration
Anhedral. subequant; also as subrounded; resorbed grains 0.2 to 1 mm poikilitically enclosed within orthopyroxene and plagioclase 1-3 mm. Tabular; coronas of orthopyroxene in places surround olivine enclosed in plagioclase < 0.5 mm.
A. J. Naldrett, 2004
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Planetary Petrology and Geochemistry: The Lawrence A. Taylor ...
Ni in Olivine An origin for orthopyroxene-rich cratonic peri- dotites by metasomatism of olivine-rich oceanic peridotites has been proposed by a number of authors (Kesson and Ringwood, 1989; Kelemen et al., 1992, 1997; Rudnick et al., 1994; ...
Lawrence A. Taylor, Gregory A. Snyder, Clive R. Neal, 1999
9
Rock-forming Minerals
Two and three zone coronas, orthopyroxene-(pargasite-spinel symplectite) and orthopyroxene-hornblende-garnet are present in olivine gabbros of the Niquelandia layer complex, central Goias, Brazil (Fornoni et al. 1989). Mass balance ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, 1997
10
High-Temperature Metamorphism and Crustal Anatexis
garnet and clinopyroxene to symplectitic orthopyroxene and plagioclase ( + magnetite, not shown in Fig. 10.6), the three-phase field moves towards the Fe- side, leading to an Fe-rich orthopyroxene (Sympl. in Fig. 10.6), a slightly Fe-richer  ...
J.R. Ashworth, M. Brown, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORTHOPYROXENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term orthopyroxene is used in the context of the following news items.
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AU scientists study meteorite for signs of life
The first crystal is 'olivine' and the second one is 'orthopyroxene' along with two liquids. One of this liquid is similar to Earth crust and other has ... «Times of India, May 15»
2
Ongoing hydrothermal activities within Enceladus
We synthesized orthopyroxene crystals using the flux method. The starting solution (~ 60 g) was an aqueous solution of NH3 (1.1 mol per kg ... «Nature.com, Mar 15»
3
X-Ray Diffraction Helps Identify Dozen Martian Minerals
... pigeonite (6-8%), orthopyroxene (3-4%), magnetite (4%), anhydrite (1-3%), bassanite (1-2%), sanidine (1-2%), amorphous material (28-31%) ... «Sci-News.com, Dec 14»
4
Mars' Black Beauty
That rock is about 4 billion years old, and consists mostly of a single igneous mineral, orthopyroxene, but has carbonate and magnetite ... «Astrobiology Magazine, Sep 14»
5
Nathdwara meteorite identified as 450 crore year old H-6 Chondrite
Mineralogical studies and petrographic investigations on the meteorite showed the presence of olivine, orthopyroxene, feldspar, and opaque ... «UdaipurTimes, May 14»
6
Expedition yields unexpected clues to ocean mysteries
By studying thin slices of the gabbros under polarizing microscopes, the scientists identified substantial amounts of the mineral orthopyroxene, ... «EurekAlert, Dec 13»
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So you want to know the secrets of the universe...?
The main minerals of these samples are silicates: olivine (Mg, Fe) 2SiO4 and orthopyroxene (Mg, Fe) 2Si2O6, it was disclosed. Iron and nickel ... «The Siberian Times, Mar 13»
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Magma crystals from volcanoes offer clues to eruptions, study says
Researchers at the University of Bristol, in trying to solve the mystery of how to predict eruptions, looked at the tiny orthopyroxene crystals that ... «GlobalPost, May 12»
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Magma Crystals May Help Volcanologists Understand Eruptive …
False colour image of zoned orthopyroxene crystal from Mt St Helen's: ... crystals of the mineral orthopyroxene erupted over a period of time. «Decoded Science, May 12»
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Can magma crystals predict eruptions?
Crystals of orthopyroxene form in the molten magma within a volcano, which erupts as lava. The crystals form either as a result of regions of the ... «Chemistry World, May 12»

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