periclase
Meaning of periclase
noun
a colourless mineral consisting of magnesium oxide, occurring chiefly in marble and limestone.
mid 19th century: from modern Latin periclasia, erroneously from Greek peri ‘utterly’ + klasis ‘breaking’ (because it cleaves perfectly).
Information about periclase
- It is a name.
- The plural form of periclase is: periclases.
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Hyphenation of periclase
per-i-clase
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- periclase is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
periclase synonyms
Meaning magnesia:
Anagrams of periclase
episclera, prelacies, replicase, specialer
Words that rhyme with periclase
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