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schist

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun schist has 1 sense

schist(n = noun.substance) Array - any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers; Array

is a kind of

metamorphic rock

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CIDE DICTIONARY

schist, n. [Gr. divided, divisible, fr. to divide: cf. F. schiste. See Schism.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

schist, n. a foliated metamorphic rock composed of layers of different minerals and splitting into thin irregular plates.

Derivative

schistose adj.

Etymology

F schiste f. L schistos f. Gk skhistos split (as SCHISM)

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THESAURUS

schist

aa, abyssal rock, basalt, bedrock, block lava, brash, breccia, conglomerate, crag, druid stone, festooned pahoehoe, gneiss, granite, igneous rock, lava, limestone, living rock, magma, mantlerock, metamorphic rock, monolith, pahoehoe, pillow lava, porphyry, pudding stone, regolith, rock, ropy lava, rubble, rubblestone, sandstone, sarsen, scoria, scree, sedimentary rock, shelly pahoehoe, stone, talus, tufa, tuff