Definition of schist in English:

schist

noun ʃɪstʃɪst

mass nounGeology

A coarse-grained metamorphic rock which consists of layers of different minerals and can be split into thin irregular plates.
Example sentencesExamples
- In all these occurrences, the deposits show a flyschoid and turbiditic character and include metamorphic pebbles of soft rocks, such as slates and schists, as well as plant debris.
- Stone vases (bowls, collared jars, and pyxides) were carved, using bronze tools and abrasives, from chlorite schist and marble.
- It includes a variety of rocks, such as basalt, granite, gneiss, quartzite, slate, and schist.
- The three mountainous areas consist of large cores of igneous rocks (granites and basalts) surrounded by larger areas of metamorphic rocks, mostly schists and gneiss.
- Glaciers have deposited shale, slate, schist, and limestone throughout the region.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French schiste, via Latin from Greek skhistos 'split', from the base of skhizein 'cleave'.

Rhymes

assist, cist, coexist, consist, cyst, desist, enlist, exist, gist, grist, hist, insist, list, Liszt, mist, persist, resist, subsist, tryst, twist, whist, wist, wrist

Definition of schist in US English:

schist

nounSHistʃɪst

Geology

A coarse-grained metamorphic rock which consists of layers of different minerals and can be split into thin irregular plates.
Example sentencesExamples
- In all these occurrences, the deposits show a flyschoid and turbiditic character and include metamorphic pebbles of soft rocks, such as slates and schists, as well as plant debris.
- Glaciers have deposited shale, slate, schist, and limestone throughout the region.
- The three mountainous areas consist of large cores of igneous rocks (granites and basalts) surrounded by larger areas of metamorphic rocks, mostly schists and gneiss.
- It includes a variety of rocks, such as basalt, granite, gneiss, quartzite, slate, and schist.
- Stone vases (bowls, collared jars, and pyxides) were carved, using bronze tools and abrasives, from chlorite schist and marble.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French schiste, via Latin from Greek skhistos ‘split’, from the base of skhizein ‘cleave’.

单词	schist
释义	Definition of schist in English: schist noun ʃɪstʃɪst mass nounGeology A coarse-grained metamorphic rock which consists of layers of different minerals and can be split into thin irregular plates. Example sentencesExamples In all these occurrences, the deposits show a flyschoid and turbiditic character and include metamorphic pebbles of soft rocks, such as slates and schists, as well as plant debris. Stone vases (bowls, collared jars, and pyxides) were carved, using bronze tools and abrasives, from chlorite schist and marble. It includes a variety of rocks, such as basalt, granite, gneiss, quartzite, slate, and schist. The three mountainous areas consist of large cores of igneous rocks (granites and basalts) surrounded by larger areas of metamorphic rocks, mostly schists and gneiss. Glaciers have deposited shale, slate, schist, and limestone throughout the region. Origin Late 18th century: from French schiste, via Latin from Greek skhistos 'split', from the base of skhizein 'cleave'. Rhymes assist, cist, coexist, consist, cyst, desist, enlist, exist, gist, grist, hist, insist, list, Liszt, mist, persist, resist, subsist, tryst, twist, whist, wist, wrist Definition of schist in US English: schist nounSHistʃɪst Geology A coarse-grained metamorphic rock which consists of layers of different minerals and can be split into thin irregular plates. Example sentencesExamples In all these occurrences, the deposits show a flyschoid and turbiditic character and include metamorphic pebbles of soft rocks, such as slates and schists, as well as plant debris. Glaciers have deposited shale, slate, schist, and limestone throughout the region. The three mountainous areas consist of large cores of igneous rocks (granites and basalts) surrounded by larger areas of metamorphic rocks, mostly schists and gneiss. It includes a variety of rocks, such as basalt, granite, gneiss, quartzite, slate, and schist. Stone vases (bowls, collared jars, and pyxides) were carved, using bronze tools and abrasives, from chlorite schist and marble. Origin Late 18th century: from French schiste, via Latin from Greek skhistos ‘split’, from the base of skhizein ‘cleave’.
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