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clastic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective clastic has 2 senses
- clastic(s = adj.all) Array - of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone); Array Derived forms noun clast1, noun clastic rock1
- clastic(s = adj.all) Array - capable of being taken apart; "the professor had a clastic model of the human brain"
CIDE DICTIONARY
clastic, a. [Gr. br, fr. to break.].
- Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models). [1913 Webster]
- Fragmental; made up of brokas, sandstone is a clastic rock. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clastic, adj. Geol. composed of broken pieces of older rocks.
Idiom
clastic rocks conglomerates, sandstones, etc.
Etymology
F clastique f. Gk klastos broken in pieces
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