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Definition of: schist
(shist) noun Geol.
Any rock that readily splits or cleaves; specifically, a rock that has had a parallel or foliated structure secondarily developed in it: also spelled shist. [<F schiste <L schistos readily split <Gk. <schizein split]
—schist′ous, schist·ose (shis′tōs) adjective
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