English-Thai Dictionary

gneiss

N หิน ผา มี ลักษณะ หยาบ ขรุขระ  hin-pa-me-lak-sa-na-yab-kru-kra

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GNEISS

n.ne'is. In mineralogy, a species of aggregated rock, composed of quartz, feldspar and mica, of a structure more or less distinctly slaty. The layers, whether straight or curved, are frequently thick, but often vary considerably in the same specimen. It passes on one side into granite, from which it differs in its slaty structure, and on the other into mica slate. It is rich in metalic ores.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GNEISS

Gneiss, n. Etym: [G.] (Geol.)

 

Defn: A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic or syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.

 

GNEISSIC

GNEISSIC Gneis "sic, a.

 

Defn: Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.

 

GNEISSOID

Gneis "soid, a. Etym: [Gneiss + -old. ]

 

Defn: Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.

 

GNEISSOSE

GNEISSOSE Gneis "sose `, a.

 

Defn: Having the structure of gneiss.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gneiss

gneiss |nīs naɪs | ▶noun a metamorphic rock with a banded or foliated structure, typically coarse-grained and consisting mainly of feldspar, quartz, and mica. DERIVATIVES gneiss ic |-sik |adjective, gneiss oid |-soid |adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from German, from Old High German gneisto ‘spark ’ (because of the rock's sheen ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

gneiss

gneiss |nʌɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a metamorphic rock with a banded or foliated structure, typically coarse-grained and consisting mainly of feldspar, quartz, and mica. DERIVATIVES gneissic adjective, gneissose adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from German, from Old High German gneisto ‘spark ’ (because of the rock's sheen ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Gneis

Gneis Substantiv, maskulin , der |Gn ei s |Herkunft ungeklärt, vielleicht zu mittelhochdeutsch g (a )neist = Funke, nach dem funkelnden Glanz im Wesentlichen aus Quarz, Feldspat und Glimmer bestehendes Gestein

 

Gneisenau

Gnei se nau Eigenname |Gn ei senau |preußischer Generalfeldmarschall

 

Spanish Dictionary

gneis

gneis (también neis )nombre masculino Roca metamórfica de grano grueso y aspecto pizarroso, formada esencialmente por cuarzo, feldespato y mica :el gneis tiene igual composición que el granito .El plural es gneis .

 

gnéisico, -ca

gnéisico, -ca (también néisico )adjetivo Del gneis o relacionado con él .