Definition of Salband

1. Noun. The border of an igneous mass, usually characterized by a finer grain or glassy texture which is produced by the chilling of the molten rock by the cold country rock. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Salband

1. a coating of mineral [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salband

salanganes
salariat
salariats
salaried
salaries
salaries and fringe benefits
salary
salary cap
salary cut
salary increase
salarying
salaryman
salarymen
salat
salats
salband (current term)
salbands
salbutamol
salbutamol sulphate
salchow
salchows
salcin
sale
sale-leaseback
sale-proof
sale and leaseback
sale in gross
sale of work
sale on approval
sale or return

Literary usage of Salband

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"The masses are surrounded by a salband consisting mainly of very hard porcelainized Clay-slate ; the belt however immediately in contact with the ore has ..."

2. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"This is, at least, the case in large masses, though in dykes, where the molten material has been rapidly chilled against walls of cold rock, the salband or ..."

3. Zeitschrift Für Kristallographie, Kristallgeometrie, Kristallphysik (1902)
"... neben einander und in schmalen Gängen sieht man sie öfters vom salband ausstrahlen, wo sie demnach aufgewachsen sind, ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"Specimens of the salband and interior of all these have been collected, and will be subjected to suitable investigations ; also notes regarding the ..."

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