MIASCITE

Mi*asc"ite, n. Etym: [Named from Miask, in the Ural Mountains.] (Min.)

Definition: A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elæolite, and sodalite.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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