/peuh rof"skuyt, -rov"-/ , n. Mineral.
a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
[ 1835-45; Perowskit, named after Count Lev Alekseevich Perovskii (1792-1856), Russian statesman; see -ITE 1 ]