Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In rhetoric, a figure of speech by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then brought to bear all upon one point.
- noun A variety of pyroxene, commonly of a green color, characterized by its lamellar or foliated structure. As formerly used, the term covered metalloidal diallage or bronzite, also schillerspar and hypersthene.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rhet.) A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point.
- noun (Min.) A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
figure of speech in which multiplearguments are brought to bear on a single point - noun mineralogy A green form of
pyroxene .
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Examples
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I found no traces of this grey copper: it is probably the metalloid diallage that has given the Cerro de Guanabacoa the reputation of riches in gold and silver which it has enjoyed for ages.
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I found in it a few garnets, but no metaloid diallage.
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The serpentine is sometimes of an esquillous, sometimes of a conchoidal fracture: this was the first time I had found metalloid diallage within the tropics.
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In the district of Glatz the fissures of the gabbro are filled with a steatite of a greenish white colour, and the rock which was long thought to belong to the grunsteins* is a close mixture of feldspar and diallage.
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In both these states I could not discover in it either garnets, hornblende, or diallage.
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Feldspar with a basis of souda (compact feldspar) forms, with diallage, the euphotide and serpentine; with pyroxene, dolerite and basalt; and with garnet, eclogyte.
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It contains no garnet or amphibole, but metalloid diallage disseminated in the mass.
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It contains no garnet or amphibole, but metalloid diallage disseminated in the mass.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The serpentine is sometimes of an esquillous, sometimes of a conchoidal fracture: this was the first time I had found metalloid diallage within the tropics.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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I found no traces of this grey copper: it is probably the metalloid diallage that has given the Cerro de
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
whichbe commented on the word diallage
Device in which many arguments brought upon one point. (from Phrontistery)
May 25, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word diallage
JM wonders, just for the sake of argument, what would happen if he decided to become a professional diallage practitioner.
March 31, 2011