Facies
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfeɪ.ʃi.iːz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Facies is a noun meaning General appearance.
Meaning
General appearance.
More Meanings
- (medicine) Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions.
- (geology) A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting its formation, composition, age, and fossil content.
- plural of facie
Example Sentences
costive facies
The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.
The insects of these four islands have also a common facies - facts which seem to indicate that some more extensive land has recently disappeared from the area they now occupy, and has supplied them with a few of its peculiar productions.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metamorphism, granulite, greenschist, amphibolite, look, aspect.
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