Definition of schist
: a metamorphic crystalline rock that has a closely foliated structure and can be split along approximately parallel planes
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This Savennières, from sandy schist soils in the Anjou region, is richly textured, bright and succulent.
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But not all of Piedmont has limestone — the Gattinara area, for instance, is all schist.
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The highlight of the park is of course the gorge, where walls of red-gray rhyolite schist, a hard volcanic rock, rise up to 40 feet along the Eau Claire River.
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Unlike Vouvray to the east, where chenin blanc is grown predominantly on clay and limestone soils, the grapes of Savennières are grown on schist.
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Compared with a standard Colorado, the ZR2’s ride height is two inches higher and the track gets shoved out 3.5 inches, endowing the pickup with balletic stability on the slickrock and crumbled schist.
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There are many culprits: population density, the nature of the schist, the desire to appease the neighbors, the size of the stations, which the M.T.A. attributes to ever more stringent fire and safety regulations.
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Origin and Etymology of schist
French schiste, from Latin schistos (lapis), literally, fissile stone, from Greek schistos that may be split, from schizein
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Definition of schist for English Language Learners
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: a type of rock that can be broken into thin, flat pieces
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