Definitions for diopsides

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diopsides di·op·side

Spelling: [dahy-op-sahyd, -sid]

IPA: /daɪˈɒp saɪd, -sɪd/

Diopsides is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in diopsides (ddeiiopss).

Definitions for diopsides

noun

1. a monoclinic pyroxene mineral, calcium magnesium silicate, CaMg(SiO 3) 2 , occurring in various colors, usually in crystals.

Origin of diopsides

1800-10; di-³ + Greek óps(is) appearance + -ide

Examples for diopsides

Here it is believed to be an alteration product of diopside (lime-magnesia pyroxene) in a contact-metamorphic silicated zone.

The augite is mostly a variety of diopside and is only occasionally idiomorphic.

diopside, dī-op′sid, n. a grayish and readily cleavable variety of pyroxene.