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Meaning of Pyroxene | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
paɪˈɹɒk.siːn

Definitions

Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.

Equivalents

Català piroxè
Deutsch Pyroxen
Ελληνικά πυρόξενος
Español piroxeno
Suomi pyrokseeni
Français pyroxène
Bahasa Indonesia piroksen
Íslenska pýroxen
Italiano pirosseno
日本語 輝石
Polski piroksen
Română piroxen
Русский пироксен
Српски piroksen пироксен
Türkçe piroksen

Examples

“By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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