Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of being schistose, or of having a schistose structure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geol.) The quality or state of being schistose.
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- noun geology The quality or state of being
schistose .
Etymologies
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Compare French schistosité.
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Examples
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They are foliated in places, the planes of schistosity being more or less parallel with the planes of bedding in the schists.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The ore bodies are roughly parallel to the bedding, but in instances follow the schistosity which cuts across the bedding.
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They are generally, though not always, parallel to the schistosity of the crystalline rocks.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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The veins are approximately 1 metre in width, parallel to the local schistosity, and can be traced for 200 to 300 metres on surface.
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