schistose
[ shis-tohs ]
adjective
of, resembling, or in the form of schist.
Origin of schistose
1- Also schis·tous [shis-tuhs]. /ˈʃɪs təs/.
Other words from schistose
- schis·tos·i·ty [shi-stos-i-tee], /ʃɪˈstɒs ɪ ti/, noun
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How to use schistose in a sentence
Many varieties have lost all of their original character in the secondary schistosity.
A marked schistosity accompanies this alteration, and most of the schistose planes are coated with silvery muscovite.
Parallel with the micas that cause the schistosity, the growth of the quartz and epidote lenses took place.
They are foliated in places, the planes of schistosity being more or less parallel with the planes of bedding in the schists.
Extreme pressure is likely to develop schistosity in rock, the cleavage planes being at right angles to the direction of pressure.
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