schistosityとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

schistosity (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 schistosities)

1. (geology) The quality or state of being schistose.
   • 1990, N[eville] J. Price; J[ohn] W. Cosgrove, “Rock Cleavage and Other Tectonic Fabrics”, in Analysis of Geological Structures, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 434:

     It will become apparent from the following discussion that some of the various structures which are grouped together as cleavage may correspond to a schistosity and/or foliation. Accordingly, Wilson defines rock cleavage (かつ schistosity) as a planar structure, usually distinct from stratification, which permits rocks to be fractured or cleaved into thin slices.

参照

• “schistosity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.