polysynthetic twinning

noun

A type of contact twinning, typically observed in plagioclase, in which the composition surfaces are parallel to one another

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Meanings

nounpolysynthetic twinning (usually uncountable, plural polysynthetic twinnings)

plural polysynthetic twinnings

  1. uncountableusuallygeographyA type of contact twinning, typically observed in plagioclase, in which the composition surfaces are parallel to one another
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