feldspathoid

Meaning

Noun

Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.

Adj

Resembling a feldspar.

Synonyms

microcline

Translations

plutònic

feldspatoide

einbrechend

plutonisch

plutonique

plutónico

plutónica

baskın gibi

yerin derinliklerinde kayalaşmış

Etymology

From German Feldspath (“feldspar”) + -oid.