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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

gneissic en · ADJ

Etymology

From gneiss + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) of 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:

Translations (3)

ca gnèissic (relating to gneiss) · fr gneissique (relating to gneiss) · fr gneisseux (relating to gneiss)