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pearlitic Definition


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perlite
pearlite
noun
    1. Any volcanic glass with small concentric spheroidal or spiral cracks between rectilineal ones.
    2. A constituent of steel composed of alternate plates of ferrite and cementite.
Derivative: perlitic
adj
    Etymology: 19c: French.



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