gneiss
pronunciation
How to pronounce gneiss in British English:
UK [naɪs]
How to pronounce gneiss in American English:
US [naɪs]
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- Noun:
- a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite
Word Origin
- gneiss (n.)
- type of metamorphic rock, 1757, kneiss, from German Gneiss (16c.), which is probably from Middle High German gneist "spark" (so called because the rock glitters), from Old High German gneisto "spark" (compare Old English gnast "spark," Old Norse gneisti). Related: Gneissic.
Example
- 1. Baby , you 're so gneiss I 'll never take you for granite .
- 2. As if an avant-garde painting , younger white rock intrudes in a tapestry of gneiss .
- 3. Sandal trees grow mainly on red ferregenuous loam , overlying metamorphic rocks , chiefly gneiss .
- 4. Practice 1 thin section and hand specimen , corundum - sillimanite - orthoclase gneiss resembling kash system .