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PRONUNCIATION OF GNEISSIC

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GNEISSIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gneissic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GNEISSIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gneissic

Gneiss

Gneiss /ˈnaɪs/ is a common and widely distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from pre-existing formations that were originally either igneous or sedimentary rocks. It is often foliated. The foliations are characterized by alternating darker and lighter colored bands, called "gneissic banding".

Definition of gneissic in the English dictionary

The definition of gneissic in the dictionary is of or relating to gneiss.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GNEISSIC


basic
ˈbeɪsɪk
bibasic
baɪˈbeɪsɪk
crisic
ˈkraɪsɪk
diabasic
ˌdaɪəˈbeɪsɪk
diastasic
ˌdaɪəˈsteɪsɪk
dibasic
daɪˈbeɪsɪk
metasilicic
ˌmɛtəsɪˈlɪsɪk
monobasic
ˌmɒnəʊˈbeɪsɪk
nonbasic
ˌnɒnˈbeɪsɪk
paradisic
ˌpærəˈdɪsɪk
phthisic
ˈθaɪsɪk
polybasic
ˌpɒlɪˈbeɪsɪk
rheobasic
ˌriːəˈbeɪsɪk
silicic
sɪˈlɪsɪk
tetrabasic
ˌtɛtrəˈbeɪsɪk
tribasic
traɪˈbeɪsɪk
ultrabasic
ˌʌltrəˈbeɪsɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GNEISSIC

gnatlike
gnatling
gnatty
gnaw
gnawable
gnawer
gnawing
gnawingly
GNC
gneiss
gneissitic
gneissoid
gneissose
gnetophyte
gnocchi
gnome
gnome-like
Gnomes of Zurich
gnomic
gnomical

WORDS THAT END LIKE GNEISSIC

Circassic
diglossic
isoglossic
Jurassic
Liassic
neoclassic
postclassic
potassic
pseudoclassic
semiclassic
thalassic
the Jurassic
the Triassic
Triassic

Synonyms and antonyms of gneissic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gneissic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GNEISSIC

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Translator English - Chinese

片麻状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gnéisica
570 millions of speakers

English

gneissic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gneissic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صواني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гнейсовидными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gnáissico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gneissic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gneissique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gneissic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gneis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

片麻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

편마암
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gneissic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gneissic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெய்சிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घनदायिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gnaysik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gneiss
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gnejsowym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гнейсовіднимі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gneissic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gneissic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gneissige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gneissic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gneis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gneissic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GNEISSIC»

The term «gneissic» is normally little used and occupies the 120.600 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GNEISSIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gneissic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GNEISSIC»

Discover the use of gneissic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gneissic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cold Deserts of India
The intermixed schists within the gneissic complex contain kyanite, staurolite, garnet, etc. In certain sections, sporadic bands of amphibolite also occur intermingled with the gneiss. In the central and eastern portion of this complex, there occur ...
S.S. Negi, 2002
2
Geological Survey Professional Paper
The gneissic structure has mainly resulted from ductile deformation; the biotite and felsic components are streaked out and an augen structure is developed locally. Three principal varieties of granitoid rocks occur in this segment of the ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1985
3
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
... n o c o 1 Fine-grained G ranite of Thorn Peak Gneissic tonalite Other.
‎2001
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Introduction to Metamorphic Textures and Microstructures
An interlayered sequence of pelitic schists, semi-pelitic schists and psam- mites is commonly seen to pass gradationally up metamorphic grade to take on a progressively more gneissic or migmatitic appearance. So what are the key processes ...
A. J. Barker, A. J. Barker (Ph. D.), 1998
5
Tectonics
Archean Terranes Rocks in Archean terranes are divisible on the basis of their metamorphic grade into high-grade gneissic regions, exhibiting amphibolite or granulite metamorphic fades,6 and greenstone belts, characterized by rocks at ...
Eldridge M. Moores, Robert J. Twiss, 1995
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Ground Water Pollution: Proceedings of the International ...
... granite and gneissic complex 24 Hanagal 580 8.5 20 88 2.2 5.6 Archaean granite and gneissic complex 25 Bhominpalya 610 8.5 15 75 2.2 4.2 Archaean granite and gneissic complex 26 Wadgora 1,800 8.2 62 175 3.1 3.8 Archaean granite ...
Vijay P. Singh, Ram Narayan Yadava, 2003
7
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bokan Mountain ...
Where the gneissic quartz monzonite has intruded the dioritic rocks, the contacts are also mainly steep and gradational. The contact relations between the gneissic quartz monzonite and the quartz monzonite-granodiorite unit are difficult to ...
Edward Malcolm MacKevett, 1963
8
Cratons and Fold Belts of India
Both the BBC (i.e. Banded Gneissic Complex-Bearch Granite) and the BKC (i.e. Bundelkhand Granite Complex) blocks (unitedly designated Rajasthan craton, RC) have been affected by similar deformational events (Naqvi and Rogers, 1987).
Ram Sharma, 2009
9
Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 3138
18 Kenora Gneissic Suite- The Kenora gneissic suite is a heterogeneous assemblage consisting of amphibolite, gneissic tonalite and granitic gneiss components. The origin of the amphibolitic component is rarely unambiguous. Commonly ...
Beakhouse, G P, Blackburn, C E, Breaks, F W
10
The United States Geological Survey in Alaska, ...
The hornblende-pyroxene monzonite and syenite of the border phases are generally coarsegrained rocks with a characteristic porphyritic to gneissic texture. The country rock is Lower Cretaceous andesitic flows and tuffs and the pluton has ...
Geological Survey (U.S.)

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GNEISSIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gneissic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Memories of a Forgotten Cosmos
In the Sri Surya Pahar archaeological site of western Assam there are votive stupas ranging from 30 cm to 3 cm carved on gneissic slabs with a ... «Economic and Political Weekly, Jun 15»
2
Local participants get experience at Scout Valley
... the ancient glacial shorelines that run through Orillia, the Carden Plain along Rama Road, the precambrian gneissic bedrock near Washago ... «Orillia Packet & Times, May 15»
3
Spring flooding a problem that will persist
The Black River is constricted by a narrow channel through gneissic bedrock as it flows north before it joins the output or Lake Couchiching ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Apr 15»
4
Sphinx Acquires Green Palladium Project to Strengthen its Focus on …
Channel samples were taken in the gneissic wall rocks crosscut by chalcopyrite veinlets and impregnated by them in a disseminated fashion. «Yahoo Finance UK, Jan 15»
5
Skyharbour Identifies Basement Conductor Targets at Mann Lake …
In the same drill hole, an altered basement gneissic rock with abundant clay, chlorite, hematite and calc-silicate minerals was intersected about ... «MarketWatch, Nov 14»
6
Skyharbour Resources Ltd. : Skyharbour Commences Exploration …
In the same drill hole, an altered basement gneissic rock with abundant clay, chlorite, hematite and calc-silicate minerals was intersected about ... «Yahoo Finance UK, Aug 14»
7
Weathered by nature
But, the multi-coloured metamorphosed gneissic-granite rock in Bheemana Kindi is very hard, less prone to weathering agents and can ... «Deccan Herald, Aug 14»
8
Legend Mining discovers more nickel targets in the Fraser Range
This feature marks the boundary between a package dominated by linear magnetic units to the west and units with a “gneissic” signature to the ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jul 14»
9
Amerix Announces Business Combination with Eagle Graphite …
The calc-silicate gneissic host rock requires no grinding prior to extracting the graphite flakes using water-based flotation. Neither the host ... «Marketwired, Jul 14»
10
Caravel Minerals intersects copper-molybdenum in Western Australia
Mineralisation consists of coarse grained chalcopyrite and molybdenite in a gneissic host rock, similar to the mineralisation at the Dasher ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jun 14»

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