SCHIST


Meaning of SCHIST in English

/ ʃɪst; NAmE / noun

[ U ] a type of rock formed of layers of different minerals, that breaks naturally into thin flat pieces

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: from French schiste , via Latin from Greek skhistos split, from the base of skhizein cleave.

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