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Gneiss meaning
A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose.
Synonyms of Gneiss
Using Gneiss
- The main meaning on this page is: A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose.
- Useful related words include: metamorphic rock.
- In the example corpus, gneiss often appears in combinations such as: the gneiss, gneiss was, lewisian gneiss.
Context around Gneiss
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gneiss
- In this selection, "gneiss" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lewisian, fordham, pelitic, bedrock, appears and islands stand out and add context to how "gneiss" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include airborne radar gneiss 2 entered and consists of gneiss and argillaceous. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gneiss" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gneiss
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Not all gneiss rocks have detectable banding. (7 words)
Gneissic banding Gneiss appears to be striped in bands, called gneissic banding. (12 words)
Orthogneiss from the Czech Republic Gneissose rocks have properties similar to gneiss. (12 words)
More than 230 Gneiss-2 stations were produced by the end of 1944. citation The French and Soviet systems, however, had continuous-wave operation and could not give the full performance that was ultimately at the center of modern radar. (40 words)
During the initial collision of the Asia and Indian plates, this granitic batholith was buried to depths of about convert or more, highly metamorphosed, highly deformed, and partially remelted during the Eocene Period to form gneiss. (36 words)
Murray also notes that "Gneiss Islands"—a reference to the underlying geology – is another name used to refer to the Outer Hebrides but that its use is "confined to books". (30 words)
Example sentences (14)
The other two types, Fordham gneiss (an older deeper layer) and Inwood marble (metamorphosed limestone which overlays the gneiss ), do not surface in the park.
Below the unconformity, purple, hematized, chloritized, and paleoweathered graphitic pelitic gneiss was intersected until 533.3 metres.
Birlinn. p. 93 state of the Lewisian gneiss bedrock of much of the Outer Hebrides that "these rocks are amongst the oldest to be found anywhere on the planet".
During the initial collision of the Asia and Indian plates, this granitic batholith was buried to depths of about convert or more, highly metamorphosed, highly deformed, and partially remelted during the Eocene Period to form gneiss.
Geologically, the island consists of gneiss and argillaceous schists with occasional tufts and other sedimentary layers from which fossils have been recovered.
Gneissic banding Gneiss appears to be striped in bands, called gneissic banding.
More than 230 Gneiss-2 stations were produced by the end of 1944. citation The French and Soviet systems, however, had continuous-wave operation and could not give the full performance that was ultimately at the center of modern radar.
Murray also notes that "Gneiss Islands"—a reference to the underlying geology – is another name used to refer to the Outer Hebrides but that its use is "confined to books".
Not all gneiss rocks have detectable banding.
Orthogneiss from the Czech Republic Gneissose rocks have properties similar to gneiss.
Smaller formations of Lewisian gneiss in the northwest are up to 3 billion years old.
The first Russian airborne radar, Gneiss-2, entered into service in June 1943 on Pe-2 fighters.
The K2 Gneiss was exposed as the entire K2-Broad Peak-Gasherbrum range experienced rapid uplift with which erosion rates have been unable to keep pace.
The light colored granites of the central Teton Range contrast with the darker metamorphic gneiss found on the flanks of Mount Moran to the north.
Common combinations with gneiss
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: