PEARLSTONE

Meaning of PEARLSTONE in English

(n.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

PEARLSTONE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : perlite
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEARLSTONE — ( n. ) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PEARLSTONE — noun a glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to …
Webster English vocab
PERLITE — or pearlstone Natural glass with concentric cracks such that the rock breaks into small, pearl-like bodies. It is formed by …
Английский словарь Британика
SPHERULITE — (n.) A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
Английский словарь Webster
PERLITIC — (a.) Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, the perlitic structure of certain rocks. See Pearlite.
Английский словарь Webster
PEARLITE — (n.) Alt. of Pearlstone
Английский словарь Webster
SPHERULITE — ( n. ) A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PERLITIC — ( a. ) Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, the perlitic structure of certain rocks. See Pearlite.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PEARLITE — ( n. ) Alt. of Pearlstone
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPHERULITE — noun a minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
Webster English vocab
PERLITIC — adj relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, the perlitic structure of certain rocks. ·see pearlite.
Webster English vocab
PEARLITE — noun ·alt. of pearlstone.
Webster English vocab
PERLITE — also called Pearlstone, a natural glass with concentric cracks such that the rock breaks into small, pearllike bodies. It is …
Britannica English vocabulary
PERLITE — n. or pearlstone Natural glass with concentric cracks such that the rock breaks into small, pearl-like bodies. It is formed …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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