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单词 schistose
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schistoseadj.

Brit. /ˈʃɪstəʊs/, U.S. /ˈʃɪstoʊs/, /ˈʃɪstoʊz/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s shistose.
Etymology: < schist n.1 + -ose suffix1.
1. Geology. Laminated; having a formation resembling a schist.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > texture or colour > [adjective] > texture > laminated
scaly1538
scissile1552
platy1789
flat-bedded1793
schistose1794
schistous1803
sheeted1903
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 182 Shistose Clay... 1st variety, Slate Clay, Shale.
1821 Tales My Landlord, Fair Witch Glas Llyn II. 353 A conical hill, called Cerrig Tym, composed of a schistose rock.
1838 W. F. Ainsworth Researches in Assyria 337 With a foliated or shistose fracture in one direction.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 255/2 The ores are rich, and are found in pockets in a schistose rock.
2. Cleaving after the manner of a schist. Obsolete.
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1831 J. Macculloch Syst. Geol. I. 158 A soft claystone, with a schistose tendency on exposure.
3. Abounding in, characterized by schist. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > schist
schistic1803
schistous1829
schistose1843
schistoid1852
1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 175 Quartz veins are abundant in many parts of the schistose country.
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4. Botany. ‘Slaty, as to tint’ (B. D. Jackson, 1900).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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