Definition of gneisses Gneisses

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  • gneisses (Noun)
    Plural of gneiss.

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  • gneisses, noun, plural of gneiss.

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Plural: gneisses

gneiss - a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite
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  • gneiss (Noun)
    A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • gneiss (n.)
    A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • gneiss
    nīs, n. (geol.) a species of stratified rock composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica.—adjs. Gneiss′oid, having some of the characters of gneiss; Gneiss′ose, having the structure of gneiss. [Ger. gneiss, a miners' word of unknown origin.]

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