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schists

schists is the plural of schist.

Meaning of schist

Noun

schist (countable and uncountable, plural schists)

  1. Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
    • Although it shows under the microscope traces of the original gabbro structure and of the original gabbro minerals, no one would hesitate from a microscopical examination to class it with the schists.1890, George Huntington Williams, “The Greenstone Schist Areas of the Menominee and Marquette Regions of Michigan”, in US Geological Survey, number 62, page 74

Phrases with schists

Questions about schists

What is schists the plural of?
Schists is the plural of schist.

Words near schists in the dictionary

  1. schistosomula
  2. schistosomule
  3. schistosomules
  4. schistosomulum
  5. schistous
  6. schists
  7. schistus
  8. schisty
  9. Schitu
  10. Schitu Duca
  11. Schitu Golești

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