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augengneisses

augengneisses is the plural of augengneiss.

Meaning of augengneiss

Noun

augengneiss (countable and uncountable, plural augengneisses)

  1. A type of metamorphic rock characterized by large, lenticular mineral grains or crystal aggregates (usually feldspar or quartz grains that have been deformed during metamorphism), resembling eyes, embedded within a finer-grained matrix.
    • The term ‘Augengneiss’ has a definite use in German petrography, and is properly used to denote those gneisses "in which single large felspar-masses (orthoclase), in form ranging from the blunt lenticular to the approximately spherical, occur, segregated from the matrix of the rock which possesses...1889, A. IRVING, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL STUDIES int the METAMORPHISM of ROCKS based on A THESIS (WITH APPENDICES) WRITTEN FOR THE DOCTORATE IN SCIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON., page 67

Questions about augengneisses

What is augengneisses the plural of?
Augengneisses is the plural of augengneiss.

Words near augengneisses in the dictionary

  1. Augellos
  2. augen
  3. augend
  4. augends
  5. augengneiss
  6. augengneisses
  7. Augenstein
  8. Augensteins
  9. auger
  10. Auger effect
  11. Auger electron

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