HORNBLENDE SCHIST

Meaning of HORNBLENDE SCHIST in English

Petrog.

a variety of schist containing needles of hornblende that lie in parallel planes.

[ 1815-25 ]

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SCHIST — ~
English interlingue dictionary
SCHIST — noun Etymology: French ~e, from Latin ~os (lapis), literally, fissile stone, from Greek ~os that may be split, from schizein …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HORNBLENDE — noun Etymology: German Date: 1770 a mineral that is the common dark green to black variety of aluminous amphibole, hornblendic …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCHIST — Crystalline metamorphic rock that has a highly developed tendency to split into layers. Most schists are composed largely of platy …
Английский словарь Британика
HORNBLENDE — Any of a subgroup of amphibole minerals that are calcium-iron-magnesium-rich and monoclinic in crystal structure. Hornblende, whose generalized chemical formula …
Английский словарь Британика
SCHIST — noun also shist ˈshist ( -s ) Etymology: French schiste, from Latin schistos, adjective, that splits easily, from Greek, divided, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORNBLENDE — ˈhȯrnˌblend, ˈhȯ(ə)n- noun Etymology: German, from horn horn (from Old High German) + blende blende — more at horn , …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCHIST — (n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. …
Английский словарь Webster
HORNBLENDE — (n.) The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division …
Английский словарь Webster
SCHIST — ( n. ) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HORNBLENDE — ( n. ) The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCHIST — /shist/ , n. any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HORNBLENDE — — hornblendic , adj. /hawrn"blend'/ , n. a dark-green to black mineral of the amphibole group, calcium magnesium iron and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCHIST — n. any metamorphic crystalline rock that can be easily split into layers
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HORNBLENDE — n. (Geology) variety of igneous rock, common dark-colored silicate mineral from the amphibole group; amphibole, any of several varieties of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCHIST — noun Etymology: French schiste, from Latin schistos ( lapis ), literally, fissile stone, from Greek schistos that may be split, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HORNBLENDE — noun Etymology: German Date: 1770 : a mineral that is the common dark green to black variety of aluminous amphibole …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCHIST — noun any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. …
Webster English vocab
HORNBLENDE — noun the common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (·see amphibole.) it belongs to the aluminous division …
Webster English vocab
SCHIST — [ ʃɪst ] ■ noun Geology a coarse-grained metamorphic rock which consists of layers of different minerals and can be …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HORNBLENDE — [ 'hɔ:nblɛnd ] ■ noun a dark brown, black, or green mineral consisting of a silicate of calcium, magnesium, and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SCHIST — [schist] n [F schiste, fr. L schistos (lapis), lit., fissile stone, fr. Gk schistos that may be split, fr. schizein] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HORNBLENDE — [horn.blende] n [G] (1770): a mineral that is the common dark variety of aluminous amphibole; broadly: amphibole 2. -- horn.blend.ic …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCHIST — megascopically crystalline rock that has a highly developed schistosity, or tendency to split into layers. Banding (foliation) is typically poorly …
Britannica English vocabulary
HORNBLENDE — any of a subgroup of amphibole (q.v.) minerals that are calcium-rich and monoclinic in crystal structure. Hornblende's generalized chemical formula …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCHIST — schist BrE AmE ʃɪst ▷ schists ʃɪsts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HORNBLENDE — hornblende BrE AmE ˈhɔːn blend ⇨ˈhɔːm- AmE \ ˈhɔːrn- ▷ hornblende|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCHIST — / ʃɪst; NAmE / noun [ U ] a type of rock formed of layers of different minerals, that breaks …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCHIST — schist /ʃɪst/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: schiste , from Latin schistos (lapis) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCHIST — n. a foliated metamorphic rock composed of layers of different minerals and splitting into thin irregular plates. øøschistose adj. [F …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HORNBLENDE — n. a dark-brown, black, or green mineral occurring in many igneous and metamorphic rocks, and composed of calcium, magnesium, and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCHIST — n. a foliated metamorphic rock composed of layers of different minerals and splitting into thin irregular plates. schistose adj. [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HORNBLENDE — n. a dark-brown, black, or green mineral occurring in many igneous and metamorphic rocks, and composed of calcium, magnesium, and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCHIST — n. a foliated metamorphic rock composed of layers of different minerals and splitting into thin irregular plates. Derivatives: schistose adj. …
Oxford English vocab
HORNBLENDE — n. a dark-brown, black, or green mineral occurring in many igneous and metamorphic rocks, and composed of calcium, magnesium, and …
Oxford English vocab
SCHIST — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Near the waterline, the rushing waters have polished the schist to gunmetal, and carved it …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCHIST — n. Crystalline metamorphic rock that has a highly developed tendency to split into layers. Most schists are composed largely of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HORNBLENDE — n. Any of a subgroup of amphibole minerals that are calcium-iron-magnesium-rich and monoclinic in crystal structure. Hornblende, whose generalized chemical …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SCHIST — Synonyms and related words : aa, abyssal rock, basalt, bedrock, block lava, brash, breccia, conglomerate, crag, druid stone, festooned pahoehoe, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCHIST — сущ.; геол. аспидный сланец аспидный или кристаллический сланец schist аспидный сланец
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HORNBLENDE — сущ.; минер. роговая обманка (минералогия) амфибол, роговая обманка hornblende мин. роговая обманка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCHIST — Сланцы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HORNBLENDE — Амфиболы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SCHIST — n аспидный или кристаллический сланец
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HORNBLENDE — n мин. амфибол, роговая обманка
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SCHIST — сланец
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SCHIST — сланец
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HORNBLENDE — сущ.; минер.роговая обманка
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SCHIST — (n) кристаллический сланец
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HORNBLENDE — (n) амфибол; роговая обманка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HORNBLENDE — n мин. амфибол, роговая обманка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HORNBLENDE — n мин. амфибол, роговая обманка
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HORNBLENDE — n. роговая обманка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HORNBLENDE — n. роговая обманка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HORNBLENDE — сущ. ; геол. роговая обманка
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HORNBLENDE — сущ.; геол. роговая обманка
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HORNBLENDE — _n. _мин. роговая обманка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HORNBLENDE — n. мин. роговая обманка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HORNBLENDE — роговая обманка
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
SCHIST — сланец; аспид; шифер; глинистый сланец - curly schist
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
SCHIST — кристаллический сланец - combustible schist - gas schist
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
SCHIST — сущ.; геол. аспидный сланец аспидный или кристаллический сланец schist аспидный сланец
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HORNBLENDE — сущ.; минер. роговая обманка (минералогия) амфибол, роговая обманка hornblende мин. роговая обманка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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