Associations to the word «Plagioclase»

Wiktionary

PLAGIOCLASE, noun. (mineralogy) Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.

Dictionary definition

PLAGIOCLASE, noun. Any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats