English-Thai Dictionary

pyroxene

N กลุ่ม แร่ พวก ซิ ลิเกต ของ แมกนีเซียม  แคลเซียม  เหล็ก และ อื่นๆ 

 

pyroxenite

N หิน แร่ ที่ ประกอบด้วย  pyroxene เป็นส่วนใหญ่ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PYROXENE

n.[Gr. , fire; a stranger; a guest in fire, unaltered. ] Augite. A species of minerals of the class of stones, which has been named volcanic shorl; but it is a family which comprehends many substances of different appearances. It is almost always crystalized, but in complicated forms.

 

PYROXENIC

a.Pertaining to pyroxene, or partaking of its qualities.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PYROXENE

Pyr "ox *ene, n. Etym: [F. pyroxène, from Gr. (Min. )

 

Defn: A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 9 º, and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic igneous rocks, as basalt, gabbro, etc.

 

Note: The pyroxene group contains pyroxene proper, also the related orthorhombic species, enstatite, bronzite, hypersthene, and various monoclinic and triclinic species, as rhodonite, etc.

 

PYROXENIC

Pyr `ox *en "ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. pyroxénique.]

 

Defn: Containing pyroxene; composed chiefly of pyroxene.

 

PYROXENITE

PYROXENITE Py *rox "e *nite, n. (Min. )

 

Defn: A rock consisting essentially of pyroxene.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pyroxene

py rox ene |pīˈräkˌsēn, pə -paɪˈrɑksin | ▶noun any of a large class of rock-forming silicate minerals, generally containing calcium, magnesium, and iron and typically occurring as prismatic crystals. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from pyro- ‘fire ’ + Greek xenos ‘stranger ’ (because the mineral group was supposed alien to igneous rocks ).

 

pyroxenite

py rox e nite |pīˈräksəˌnīt, pə -paɪˈrɑksənaɪt | ▶noun Geology a dark, greenish, granular intrusive igneous rock consisting chiefly of pyroxenes and olivine. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from pyroxene + -ite 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

pyroxene

pyroxene |pʌɪˈrɒksiːn | ▶noun any of a large class of rock-forming silicate minerals, generally containing calcium, magnesium, and iron and typically occurring as prismatic crystals. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from pyro- ‘fire ’ + Greek xenos ‘stranger ’ (because the mineral group was supposed alien to igneous rocks ).

 

pyroxenite

pyroxenite |pʌɪˈrɒksɪnʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Geology a dark, greenish, granular intrusive igneous rock consisting chiefly of pyroxenes and olivine. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from pyroxene + -ite 1 .

 

Duden Dictionary

Pyroxen

Py ro xen Substantiv, maskulin , der |Pyrox e n |der Pyroxen; Genitiv: des Pyroxens, Plural: die Pyroxene gesteinsbildendes Mineral

 

Pyroxenit

Py ro xe nit Substantiv, maskulin Geologie , der |Pyroxen i t auch …ˈnɪt |der Pyroxenit; Genitiv: des Pyroxenits, Plural: die Pyroxenite dunkles, feldspatfreies Tiefengestein