Definition of schist Schist
/ʃɪˈst/ - [shist] - schist
We found 4 definitions of schist from 4 different sources.
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What does schist mean?
WordNet
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| schist - any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers |
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- schist (n.)
Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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schist
shist, n. a term properly applied to crystalline rocks with a foliated structure, as mica-schist, hornblende-schist, &c.—indurated clay-rocks with a fissile structure are sometimes erroneously described as schists.—adjs. Schistā′ceous, slate-gray; Schist′ic, Schist′ous, Schist′ose, like schist: slaty.—n. Schistos′ity, quality of being schistose. [Fr. schiste—Gr. schistos—schizein, to split.]
Part of speech
🔤- schist, noun, singular of schists.
