Login Preferences
About News Publications Statistics Downloads API Guide License How to use Preferences
bn:00040821n
Noun Concept
Categories: Gneiss, Industrial minerals, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia, Metamorphic rocks
EN
gneiss  augen gneiss  biotite gneiss  compositional banding  gneis
EN
A laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite WordNet 3.0
Definitions
Relations
Sources
EN
A laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock. Wikipedia
Common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock Wikipedia Disambiguation
Common and widely distributed type of rock Wikidata
A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose. Wiktionary
Common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
metamorphic rock
HAS KIND
paragneiss
orthogneiss
Śnieżnik gneiss
Gierałtów gneiss
NL
Iragna
+8 relations
AWARD RECEIVED
Rock of the year
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
gneiss
Wikipedia
EN
gneiss
Wikidata
EN
gneiss
Wiktionary
EN
gneiss
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
augen gneiss, biotite gneiss, compositional banding, gneis, gneisses, gneissic, gneissic banding, gneissose, Gneiß, Gnejs, Gniess, granite gneiss, metamorphic differentiation, orthogneiss, paragneiss

Please note that, in order to improve your browsing experience on this website, BabelNet® uses various types of cookies, including: browsing functionality, performance and statistical cookies.

By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. OK

License