SCHIST


Meaning of SCHIST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈshist ]

noun

Etymology: French schiste, from Latin schistos ( lapis ), literally, fissile stone, from Greek schistos that may be split, from schizein

Date: circa 1782

: a metamorphic crystalline rock that has a closely foliated structure and can be split along approximately parallel planes

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