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GneissGneiss Gneiss (n[imac]s), n. [G.] (Geol.)
A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz,
feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially
the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily
into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the
place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic or
syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also
called gneiss. Gneissic
Gneissic Gneis"sic (n[imac]s"s[i^]k), a.
Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.
Gneissoid
Gneissoid Gneis"soid (-soid), a. [Gneiss + -oid.]
Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of
gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character
between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.
Gneissoid granite Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of
a regular arrangement.
Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar
without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged
in the transverse section like oriental characters.
Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in
distinct crystals.
Hornblende granite, or
Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as
mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende
replacing the mica.
Granite ware.
(a) A kind of stoneware.
(b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling
granite. Gneissose
Gneissose Gneis"sose`, a.
Having the structure of gneiss.
hornblendic or syenitic gneissGneiss Gneiss (n[imac]s), n. [G.] (Geol.)
A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz,
feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially
the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily
into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the
place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic or
syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also
called gneiss. Slaty gneissSlaty Slat"y, a. [From Slate.]
Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or
properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates,
capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or
texture.
Slaty cleavage (Min.), cleavage, as of rocks, into thin
leaves or plates, like those of slate; -- applied
especially to those cases in which the planes of cleavage
are not parallel to the planes of stratification. It is
now believed to be caused by the compression which the
strata have undergone.
Slaty gneiss (Min.), a variety of gneiss in which the
scales of mica or crystals of hornblende, which are
usually minute, form thin lamin[ae], rendering the rock
easily cleavable.
Meaning of Gneis from wikipedia
- used in
English since at
least 1757. It is
borrowed from the
German word
Gneis,
formerly also
spelled Gneiss,
which is
probably derived from the Middle...
- po****tions.
Urban districts (Stadtteile):
Aigen Altstadt Elisabeth-Vorstadt
Gneis Gneis-Süd
Gnigl Itzling Itzling-Nord
Kasern Langwied Lehen Leopoldskron-Moos...
-
initial ⟨g⟩ was not silent: for example,
German Gnom, a
cognate of gnome,
Gneis, a
cognate of gneiss, etc.
Following is a list of
words that
include a silent...
- "Viel Glück und viel Segen"
Christian round by
Werner Gneis English Much
happiness and
blessing Written 1930 Text by
Werner Gneist Language German...
- TU-126 MOSS
AWACS –
history of development- in
Russian Airborne radar "
Gneis-2" – in
Russian "Electronic Weapons:
AWACS Then And Forever". strategypage...
-
erosion or
normal faulting on a
thrust system Firn
Flysch Gneiss (German
Gneis)
Graben Horst Karst Loess (German: Löss) Randkluft, gap
between the rock...
-
granit feuilletée of M. de Saussure, and, if I
mistake not, what is
called gneis by the Germans.” The
minute penetration of gneiss,
schists and sedimentary...
- (Eugenio Zapietro) scripts, he
signed his
Kabul art with aliases, such as "S.
Gneis" or "Kopy";
using the
latter when he had to copy
another artists' styles...
- Mannan.
Prefixes of
Malay origin such as Tuan, Maas, and
Raden for
males and
Gnei, Nona,
Sitti Nona, and
Gnonya for
females are
commonly used as
first names...
- Niedersachsen:
Gestein des
Jahres 2015: Pünktlich zur
Ehrung taucht riesiger Gneis auf
Archived 2015-04-02 at the
Wayback Machine Press release of 13 January...
