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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pearl·ite /ˈpɝ(ə)ˌlaɪt/
 珍珠體; 珍珠岩; 珠光體

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pearl·ite Pearl·stone n. Min. A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pearlite
      n : a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during
          the cooling of austenite; a micro-constituent of steel
          and cast iron