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PRONUNCIATION OF PLAGIOCLASE

plagioclase  [ˈpleɪdʒɪəʊˌkleɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAGIOCLASE

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Plagioclase is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PLAGIOCLASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

plagioclase

Plagioclase

Plagioclase is an important series of tectosilicate minerals within the feldspar family. Rather than referring to a particular mineral with a specific chemical composition, plagioclase is a solid solution series, more properly known as the plagioclase feldspar series. This was first shown by the German mineralogist Johann Friedrich Christian Hessel in 1826. The series ranges from albite to anorthite endmembers, where sodium and calcium atoms can substitute for each other in the mineral's crystal lattice structure. Plagioclase in hand samples is often identified by its polysynthetic twinning or 'record-groove' effect. Plagioclase is a major constituent mineral in the Earth's crust, and is consequently an important diagnostic tool in petrology for identifying the composition, origin and evolution of igneous rocks. Plagioclase is also a major constituent of rock in the highlands of the Earth's moon.

Definition of plagioclase in the English dictionary

The definition of plagioclase in the dictionary is a series of feldspar minerals consisting of a mixture of sodium and calcium aluminium silicates in triclinic crystalline form: includes albite, oligoclase, and labradorite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLAGIOCLASE


ablaze
əˈbleɪz
aldolase
ˈældəʊˌleɪz
amylase
ˈæmɪˌleɪz
blaze
bleɪz
Bordelaise
ˌbɔːdəˈleɪz
carboxylase
kɑːˈbɒksɪˌleɪz
cellulase
ˈsɛljʊˌleɪz
coagulase
kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪz
cyclase
ˈsaɪkleɪz
deglaze
diːˈɡleɪz
emblaze
ɪmˈbleɪz
enolase
ˈiːnəˌleɪz
glaze
ɡleɪz
hydrolase
ˈhaɪdrəˌleɪz
hydroxylase
haɪˈdrɒksɪˌleɪz
lase
leɪz
laze
leɪz
malaise
mæˈleɪz
Marseillaise
ˌmɑːsəˈleɪz
underglaze
ˈʌndəˌɡleɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAGIOCLASE

plagiaries
plagiarise
plagiariser
plagiarism
plagiarist
plagiaristic
plagiarize
plagiarizer
plagiary
plagiocephaly
plagioclastic
plagioclimax
plagiostomatous
plagiostome
plagiostomous
plagiotropic
plagiotropism
plagiotropous
plagium
plague

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAGIOCLASE

base
case
case-by-case
catalase
cocarboxylase
database
decarboxylase
disease
ease
euclase
in any case
in case
in no case
increase
inulase
methylase
oligoclase
orthoclase
periclase
phosphorylase

Synonyms and antonyms of plagioclase in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «plagioclase» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLAGIOCLASE

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

Translator English - Chinese

斜长石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plagioclasa
570 millions of speakers

English

plagioclase
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

plagioclase
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلاجيوجلاز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плагиоклаз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

plagioclase
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

plagioclase
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plagioclase
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Plagioklas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Plagioklas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

斜長石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사장석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plagioclase
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

plagioclas
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

plagioclase
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्लगिओक्लिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

plajiyoklaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

plagioclasio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

plagioklazów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плагиоклаз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plagioclaz
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλαγιόκλαστα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plagioklaas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plagioklas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plagioklas
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plagioclase

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAGIOCLASE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAGIOCLASE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAGIOCLASE»

Discover the use of plagioclase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plagioclase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Phase Diagrams for Geoscientists: An Atlas of the Earth's ...
7.4 Mixing Properties of Plagioclase The NCAS system contains a number of divariant equilibria potentially suitable as thermobarometers. Most of them include coexisting pyroxene and plagioclase and can be calculated if the mixing  ...
Tibor Gasparik, 2003
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Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: From ...
recrystallized plagioclase in middle or deep crustal metabasic rocks are rare and restricted to rocks with very high plagioclase modal abundances such as anorthosites (Ji et al. 1988). However, as mentioned by other authors (e.g. Brodie  ...
D. Gapais, Dr. Jean-Pierre Brun, Peter R. Cobbold, 2005
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Rock-forming Minerals
Ten and eight pairs of coexisting scapolite and plagioclase respectively from the iron ore deposits at Leveaniemi and Mertainen, northern Sweden (Ekstrom 1972) show a Ca/(Ca + Na + K) linear relationship. The scapolites vary from Me,, ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, 2004
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Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section
Na[AISi ,OJ <-» Ca[Al2Si2O„ General features: dependent on the anorthite content six plagioclase minerals are distinguished (Fig. 174) which can crystallize either in a high- or a low-temperature form (high- or low anorthite and high- and ...
Hans Pichler, Cornelia Schmitt-Riegraf, 1997
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Origin of Igneous Rocks: The Isotopic Evidence
Although Sr2+ is able to replace Ca2+ in plagioclase, the Sr concentration of plagioclase does not increase 1000 - Q. 800 600 400 200 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Anorthite (mole fraction) in Fig. 1 .9. Variation of the average Sr concentrations of  ...
Gunter Faure, 2001
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
Phenocrysts of zoned plagioclase and minor pale green clinopyroxene. Microphenocrysts of opaque oxide. Groundmass consists of plagioclase laths, abundant granules of opaque oxide, and minor clinopyroxene, the latter showing deuteric ...
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Large Meteorite Impacts III
In places, they contain fine-grained (<10 μm) plagioclase subgrain mosaics. Adjacent to pseudotachylitic breccia-bearing fractures, grains may also show increasing strain (undulose or mosaic extinction, displaced twin lamellae), partial  ...
Thomas Kenkmann, Friedrich Hörz, Alexander Deutsch, 2005
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Intra-oceanic Subduction Systems: Tectonic and Magmatic ...
Samples with Sr/Nd ratios of more than about 20-30 have accumulated plagioclase; samples with Sr/Nd less than about 20 are silicic, and can be modelled by fractional removal of plagioclase. The entire range in Sr/Nd and Al2O3 in the rocks ...
Robert D. Larter, Philip T. Leat, Geological Society of London, 2003
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Petrologic and Structural History of Tobago, West Indies: A ...
This dike intruded the biotite ± hornblende tonalite unit. Clinopyroxene-phyric gabbro porphyry ( K- l2): This mafic rock consists of phenocrysts of clinopyroxene ( l-4 mm) in a groundmass of olive-brown hornblende. altered plagioclase. and ...
Arthur W. Snoke, 2001
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Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China
The early prograde assemblage is represented by quartz and rutile inclusions within the cores of garnet porphyroblasts, and ompha- cite pseudomorphs that are represented by clinopyroxene + sodic plagioclase (Anio-20) symplectic ...
J. Malpas, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAGIOCLASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plagioclase is used in the context of the following news items.
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International Montoro Resources Inc.: Pecors Exploration Update
... wherein primary pyroxene has been replaced by a chlorite-amphibole mixture and the only original modal mineral present is plagioclase. «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
2
Montoro Intersects Nearly 100 Meters of Sulphide Mineralization at …
... PGeo., and the Company's consulting geologist added: "The sulphides in the second interval were interstitial to the cumulus plagioclase and ... «Marketwired, Apr 15»
3
Yutu finds Moon still active in old age
And the material anorthosite plagioclase floated because of its low density, forming a solid crust. Elements that are usually incompatible would ... «Xinhua, Apr 15»
4
VOLCANO WATCH: Comparing Lava Flows
At lower temperatures, below 1150 degrees Celsius (2102 degrees Fahrenheit), the minerals pyroxene and plagioclase also crystallize along ... «Big Island Now, Apr 15»
5
Geology | Could ants hold the solution to global warming?
From a Hawaiian lava flow, take basalt — a rock rich in olivine and plagioclase, which are two minerals rich in calcium silicate and magnesium ... «Columbus Dispatch, Mar 15»
6
Yutu Peers Inside the Moon
... 3 team as Loong rock) shows linear, subparallel fractures and very coarse white crystals (probably plagioclase), up to 2 centimeters in length. «Air & Space Magazine, Mar 15»
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Geologists Going to Mars?
Sample 76535 is a coarse-grained plutonic rock made up of olivine and plagioclase, with a slow cooling history and formed as a cumulate at ... «Geology for Investors, Feb 15»
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B. Ray Hawke, Lunar Geologist
... an indigenous rock composed almost completely of plagioclase feldspar, make up the inner ring of that basin. In addition, we measured the ... «Air & Space Magazine, Jan 15»
9
What Asteroid 2004 BL86 and Hawaii Have in Common
... where minerals such as olivine, pyroxene and plagioclase on the asteroid's surface have removed or absorbed particular slices of sunlight. «Universe Today, Jan 15»
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Theia Resources Exploration update on the Fox and 2 X Fred …
Petrographic work shows micro veinlet's of quartz within a matrix of K-spar with phenocrysts of plagioclase with potassic feldspar rims. Argillic ... «Canada NewsWire, Jan 15»

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