schistose adjective. ['ʃɪstǝʊs] L18.
[from SCHIST + -OSE¹.]
Geology. Laminated; having a formation resembling a schist; formed of schist.

■ schistosity [-'stɒsɪti] noun a planar alignment or cleavage in a crystalline metamorphic rock; the direction or line of this: L19.

■ schistous adjective = SCHISTOSE E19.

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