Definition of Perimorph

1. n. A crystal of one species inclosing one of another species. See Endomorph.

Definition of Perimorph

1. Noun. (minerology) a mineral enclosed within another ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perimorph

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Perimorph

1. A crystal of one species inclosing one of another species. See Endomorph. Origin: Pref. Peri- + Gr. Form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perimorph

perimeter
perimeters
perimetric
perimetrical
perimetrically
perimetries
perimetritic
perimetritis
perimetrium
perimetry
perimicrobial
perimidine
perimidines
perimolysis
perimorph (current term)
perimorphic
perimorphism
perimorphs
perimortem
perimortem delivery
perimuscular fibrosis
perimycin
perimyelis
perimyelitis
perimyocarditis
perimyositis
perimysia
perimysial
perimysiitis

Literary usage of Perimorph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"... of garnet, perimorph, Fig. 213, and sometimes the irregularly arranged inclusions constitute the greater part of the crystal and are interwoven with a ..."

2. Modern Lithology Illustrated and Defined: For the Use of University by Ernest Howard Adye (1907)
"PELITIC.—Pertaining to mud or fine argillaceous sediment derived from the waste of rocks. perimorph.—When one mineral incloses another or several others it ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1877)
"The infiltration of carbonate of magnesia could hardly of itself afford this peculiar structure, for it would only give a perimorph, or at least a ..."

4. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1922)
"... garnet is a mere shell, or perimorph, surrounding a nucleus of another species. A black garnet from Arendal, Norway, contains both calcite and epidote; ..."

5. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1905)
"... many minerals in the form of minute leaflets or scales, the presence of which affects the colour of the including mineral (perimorph}, and often imparts ..."

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