Definitions for diallage

diallage di·al·lage

Spelling: [dahy-uh-lij]
IPA: /ˈdaɪ ə lɪdʒ/

Diallage is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in diallage (aadegill).

Definitions for diallage

noun

  1. a variety of diopside with a laminated structure, found in gabbro and other igneous rocks.

Origin of diallage

1795-1805; French Greek diallagḗ interchange, change, noun derivative from base of diallássein make an exchange, equivalent to di- di-3 + allássein to change

Examples for diallage

Also, in minute veins, in detached masses of diallage and serpentine rocks, on the west shore of Lake Michigan.

It has compact Felspar for its base, in which are imbedded crystals both of diallage and Hornblende.

Gabbro, gab′ro, n. a rock composed of feldspar and diallage—also Euphotide.

diallage, an altered form of the mineral augite, with a lamellar structure, and a submetallic lustre on its planes of separation.

Essentially it is a crystalline-granular compound of plagioclase, generally Labradorite and diallage.

Bronz′ing, the process of giving the appearance of bronze; Bronz′ite, a lustrous kind of diallage.

Word Value for diallage
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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