schist
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schist
- /ʃɪst/
Rhymes with -ɪst
Where it comes from
From French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “splittable”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).
noun schists
- 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.
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noun crystalline foliated rock
| Español | esquisto |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 片岩 hengan |
| 中文 | 頁岩 /页岩 yèyán, 泥板岩 níbǎnyán, 片岩 piànyán |
| Português | xisto |
| Français | schiste |
| Deutsch | Glimmerschiefer, Grünschiefer, kristalliner Schiefer, Blauschiefer, Glaukophanschiefer, Graphitschiefer |
| Italiano | scisto |
| Русский | сла́нец slánec |
Talk about this word "schist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/schist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. schist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/schist "schist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/schist.Cite this
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title = {schist},
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