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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
anorthosite
 
SYLLABICATION:an·or·tho·site
PRONUNCIATION:  n-ôrth-st
NOUN: A variety of diorite consisting chiefly of feldspar.
ETYMOLOGY:French anorthose, a kind of feldspar ( Greek an-, not; see a–1 + Greek orthos, straight) + –ite1.
OTHER FORMS:an·ortho·sitic (-stk) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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