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diallage definition

di·al·lage (dī′ə lij′)

noun

a greenish mineral that is a laminated variety of monoclinic pyroxene

Etymology: Fr < Gr diallagē, change, interchange < diallassein, to interchange < dia, through (see dia-) + allassein, to alter < allos, other (see else): so named from having unlike fracture planes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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