Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

alkali feldspar

American  

noun

  1. Geology. any type of feldspar that contains more potassium than calcium.

alkali feldspar Scientific  

  1. Any of several feldspar minerals containing alkali metals and little calcium. Plagioclase, orthoclase and microcline are alkali feldspars.

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "alkali feldspar" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com