Usually means: Rock characteristics indicating depositional environment.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. facies: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. facies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. facies: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. facies: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Facies, facies: Wordnik
  6. facies: Wiktionary
  7. facies: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. facies: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. facies: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. facies: Dictionary.com
  11. Facies (disambiguation), Facies (medical), Facies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Facies: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. facies: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Facies: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. facies: Free Dictionary
  16. facies: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Facies (geology), facies: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Facies (geology), facies: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Facies: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Facies: MedFriendly Glossary
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Facies (geology), facies: Medical dictionary
  7. Facies: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Facies: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (facies)

noun:  General appearance.
noun:  (medicine) Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions.
noun:  (geology) A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting its formation, composition, age, and fossil content.

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