greenschist facies
Geology
noun
A facies typified by the minerals characteristic of greenschists, thought to result from metamorphism at moderate temperature and pressure.
Origin
1920s. After German Grünsteinschiefer.
- circumambient
- circumambulate
- circumambulation
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- circumcircle
- circumcise
- circumciser
- circumcision
- circumference
- circumferential
- circumferentially
- circumflex
- circumflex accent
- circumfluence
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- circumjacent
- circumlocution
- circumlocutional
- circumlocutionary
- circumlocutionist
- circumlocutory
- circumlunar
- circumnavigate
- circumnavigation