Meanings
adjectivegneissic (not comparable)
- not comparablegeographyof or relating to gneiss
The development of the schistose or gneissic structure is accompanied by the recrystallization of the rock materials, producing new minerals of a platy or columnar type adapted to this parallel arrangement.
1921, C. K. Leith, The Economic Aspect of Geology
Origin
Translations
Catalan gnèissic
- gnèissicrelating to gneiss
French gneissique, gneisseux
- gneissiquerelating to gneiss
- gneisseuxrelating to gneiss
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