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Definition of Schlieren
1. Noun. Regions of a fluid having different refractive index because of their different density ¹
2. Noun. (geology) Irregular streaks of different composition in some igneous rocks ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schlieren
1. schliere [n] - See also: schliere
Medical Definition of Schlieren
1. See: schlieren optics. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schlieren
Literary usage of Schlieren
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fundamental Principles of Petrology by Ernst Weinschenk (1916)
"Such irregular masses are spoken of as schlieren. ... schlieren, originating in
the complete splitting up of a previously uniform magma; (6) Differentia- ..."
2. The Fundamental Principles of Petrology by Ernst Weinschenk (1916)
"Such irregular masses are spoken of as schlieren. They may be subdivided into (a)
Constitution-schlieren, originating in the complete splitting up of a ..."
3. The Fundamental Principles of Petrology by Ernst Weinschenk (1916)
"Such irregular masses are spoken of as schlieren. They may be subdivided into (a)
Constitution-schlieren, originating in the complete splitting up of a ..."
4. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1908)
"The nepheline syenite here, has a schlieren structure, ... Some of these schlieren
consist of red syenite and others are intermediate in composition between ..."
5. Popular Scientific Lectures by Ernst Mach, Thomas Joseph McCormack (1898)
"Professor Crew of Evanston suggests to the translator that schlieren may be
related to our slur (L. G,,sluren, to trail, to draggle), a conjecture which is ..."
6. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1898)
"Any very small isolated schlieren that were developed through the magma or detached
from the larger schlieren by movements in the semifluid mass would, ..."
7. Papers from the Department of Geologyby McGill University Dept. of Geology by McGill University Dept. of Geology (1897)
"Any very small isolated schlieren that were developed through the magma or detached
from the larger schlieren by movements in the semifluid mass would, ..."
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