"anorthosite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: anorthosites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} anorthosite (countable and uncountable, plural anorthosites)
  1. (petrology) A phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock characterized by a predominance of plagioclase feldspar. Wikipedia link: anorthosite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rocks Derived forms: anorthositic Translations (a phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock): 斜長岩 (Chinese Mandarin), 斜长岩 (xiéchángyán) (Chinese Mandarin), anortosit [common-gender] (Danish), anortosiitti (Finnish), anorthosite [feminine] (French), anortositt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), anortositt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), anortozyt [masculine] (Polish), anortosita [feminine] (Portuguese), анортози́т (anortozít) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-anorthosite-en-noun-y0k6Jab3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences, petrology

Inflected forms

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