Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling or pertaining to perlite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Min.) Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone. See
pearlite .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective mineralogy Relating to or resembling
perlite , orpearlstone .
Etymologies
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perlite + -ic
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Examples
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Long-buried glassy lavas devitrify, or pass to a stony condition, under the unceasing action of underground waters; but their flow lines and perlitic and spherulitic structures remain to tell of their original state.
The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900
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