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Meaning of "gneissose" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GNEISSOSE

ˈnaɪsəʊz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GNEISSOSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gneissose is an adjective.
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WHAT DOES GNEISSOSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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".

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GNEISSOSE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GNEISSOSE

gnaw · gnawable · gnawer · gnawing · gnawingly · GNC · gneiss · gneissic · gneissitic · gneissoid · gnetophyte · gnocchi · gnome · gnome-like · Gnomes of Zurich · gnomic · gnomical · gnomically · gnomish · gnomist

WORDS THAT END LIKE GNEISSOSE

Bose · choose · close · compose · dose · general-purpose · glucose · goose · loose · lose · moose · on the loose · on the nose · oppose · overdose · prose · purpose · San Jose · up-close · whose

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片麻状
1,325 millions of speakers
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gneissose
570 millions of speakers
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gneissose
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hi

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gneissose
380 millions of speakers
ar

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النيسوزى
280 millions of speakers
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gneissose
278 millions of speakers
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gneissose
270 millions of speakers
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gneissose
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gneissique
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Gneissose
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gneissose
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片麻状
130 millions of speakers
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gneissose
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Gneissose
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gneissose
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gneissose
75 millions of speakers
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गिनोसस
75 millions of speakers
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gnaysitozite
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gneissose
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gneissose
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gneissose
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gneissose
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gneissose
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gneissose
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gneissose
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gneissose
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GNEISSOSE»

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Introduction to Metamorphic Textures and Microstructures
gneissose. banding. Gneisses and migmatites both reflect high-grade metamorphism. Gneisses are characteristically coarse-grained and comprise alternating felsic and mafic layers on a scale of centimetres to metres. They are strongly ...
A. J. Barker, A. J. Barker (Ph. D.), 1998
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Congressional edition
Cleavage and gneissose stnicture in the Archean and crustal shwtening. — One of the most conspicuous features of the Archean rocks is the prevalence of banded, gneissose, and schistose structures over very large areas. That these ...
United States. Congress, 1909
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Geological Survey Bulletin
Economic. classjfication. of. Connecticut. granites. Medium, obscurely gneissose. Fine, gneissose, banded Scientific name. Biotite granite gneiss do ....do Quartz monzonite gneiss (biotite). Mystic, Groton Niantic, East Lyme.. Reynolds Bridge ...
‎1911
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Tectonic Growth of a Collisional Continental Margin: Crustal ...
Reference: Nokleberg et al., 1992a, b Chiefly gneissose granodiorite and quartz diorite and minor granite. Sparse crosscutting dikes of nonfoliated gabbro, diabase, rhyodacite, and rhyolite. Locally grades to migmatite. Unit exhibits single ...
Kenneth D. Ridgway, 2007
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Report on the geology of the county of Londonderry, and of ...
93. Soft chloritic gneissose. 41. Laminae much curved. 43, 51. Do., finer grained. 121. Slightly gneissose. 22, 116. Laminar do. 92. Light sandy quartz, with many imbedded Bmall lumps. 45. Syenitic gneissose, mica forms thin partings. 72, 87.
J. E. Portlock, 1843
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A Manual of the Geology of India: Chiefly Compiled from the ...
Gneissose rocks of the Peninsula of two ages — The older gneiss — The newer gneiss — Bundel- khand gneiss — Newer gneiss of Singrauli — Contrast with gneiss of Bundelkhand — Chutil Nigpur— Orissa — Central Provinces ...
Geological Survey of India, Henry Benedict Medlicott, William Thomas Blanford, 1893
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Precambrian Geology of the USSR
... Udokan and Yarogu Groups; 20 = charnockites of the W Aldan block (a) cutting biotite granites and subalkaline granites of the Olyokma and W Aldan blocks (b); 21 = gneissose tonalites (a) and metagabbros-diorites (b) of the Ungra complex ...
D.V. Rundqvist, F.P. Mitrofanov, 1993
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Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks
A metamorphic rock displaying a gneissose structure (Fig. 2.2). The term gneiss may also be applied to rocks displaying a dominant linear fabric rather than a gneissose structure, in which case the term lineated gneiss may be used.
Kurt Bucher, Rodney Grapes, 2011
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Introduction to Metamorphic Textures and Microstructures
gneissose. banding. Gneisses and migmatites both reflect high-grade metamorphism. Gneisses are characteristically coarse-grained and comprise alternating felsic and mafic layers on a scale of centimetres to metres. They are strongly ...
Barker, A.J. (Department of Geology, University of Southampton), Barker a J (Department of Geology University of Southampton), 2013
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Gazetteer of the Chamba State
The gneissose-granite of the outer band is a rock of decidedly gneissose aspect. Most hand-specimens would be classed as streaky gneisses : others are more granitic in structure, and some are porphyritio granitoid gneisses. When examined ...
Rose Hutchison, 1998
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