Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In petrography, extremely calcic: said of salic minerals, or of the rocks in which they preponderate, when salic CaO is more than seven times the salic K2O and Na2O, and of femic minerals, or of the rocks in which they preponderate, when femic CaO is more than seven times the MgO and FeO. See
per- , 3, androck .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word percalcic.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.