PERICLASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does periclase mean? 

• PERICLASE (noun)
  The noun PERICLASE has 1 sense:

1. a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium

  Familiarity information: PERICLASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERICLASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

magnesia; magnesium oxide; periclase

Hypernyms ("periclase" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "periclase"):

atomic number 12; magnesium; Mg (a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine))