Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fine-grained laminated rock formed by the shifting of rock layers along faults.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In petrography, a schist produced by crushing or granulation, that is, by dynamic metamorphism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geology Any
rock that has undergonemodifications due todynamic recrystallization followingplastic flow ; aschist created by crushed or ground rock.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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