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schistosity en · NOUN

Etymology

Compare French schistosité.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being schistose; cleavage.
   • It will become apparent from the following discussion that some of the various structures which are grouped together as cleavage may correspond to a schistosity and/or foliation. Accordingly, Wilson defines rock cleavage (and schistosity) as a planar structure, usually distinct from stratification, which permits rocks to be fractured or cleaved into thin slices. 1990, N[eville] J. Price, J[ohn] W. Cosgrove, “Rock Cleavage and Other Tectonic Fabrics”, in Analysis of Geological Structures, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 434:

Forms

Translations (5)

de Schieferung (state of being schistose) · fr schistosité (state of being schistose) · de Spaltneigung (state of being schistose) · it schistosità (state of being schistose) · it scistosità (state of being schistose)