PERICLASE


Meaning of PERICLASE in English

/per"i klays', -klayz'/ , n.

a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.

[ 1835-45; Periklas periclasia, equiv. to peri- PERI- + Gk klás ( is ) a breaking (cf. -CLASE) + -ia -IA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .