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Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates.
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Schist — The schists constitute a group of medium grade metamorphic rocks, chiefly notable for the preponderance of lamellar minerals such as micas, chlorite, talc, hornblende, graphite, and others. Quartz often occurs in drawn out grains to such an… … Wikipedia
Schist — (sh[i^]st), n. [Gr. ? divided, divisible, fr. ? to divide: cf. F. schiste. See {Schism}.] (Geol.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see {Foliation}) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
schist — schist, schisturi, s.n. (înv.) 1. stâncă în straturi subţiri de ardezie. 2. ulei mineral extras din şişturile (şist) bituminoase, folosit la iluminat. Trimis de blaurb, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DAR … Dicționar Român
schist — [ʃıst] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: schiste, from Latin schistos (lapis) stone that can be split , from Greek, from schizein; SCHISM] a type of rock that naturally breaks apart into thin flat pieces … Dictionary of contemporary English
schist — (n.) 1795 (earlier schistus, c.1600), from Fr. schiste, from L. schistos lapis stone that splits easily (Pliny), from Gk. skhistos divided, separated, from skhizein to split (see SHED (Cf. shed) (v.)). The rock splits easily in layers. Liddell… … Etymology dictionary
schist — a term in geology for a type of layered rock, is pronounced shist … Modern English usage
schist — [shist] n. [Fr schiste < L schistos (lapis), split (stone) < Gr schistos, easily cleft < schizein, to cleave: see SCHIZO ] any of a group of metamorphic rocks containing parallel layers of flaky minerals, as mica or talc, and splitting… … English World dictionary
schist — an·a·schist·ic; schist; schist·oid; schist·ose; schist·ous; … English syllables
schist — /shist/, n. any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement. [1775 85; < NL schistus, L (lapis) schistos < Gk schistós divided, curdled, divisible, deriv. of… … Universalium
schist — n. foliated metamorphic crystalline rock. ♦ schistaceous, a. slate coloured. ♦ schistic, ♦ schistose, a. ♦ schistoid, a. like schist. ♦ schistosis, n. fibrosis of lungs from inhaling slate dust … Dictionary of difficult words
schist — skalūnas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Į plonas plokšteles skylanti nuosėdinė metamorfinė uoliena. atitikmenys: angl. schist; shale rus. сланец … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
