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cataclastic

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

cataclastic (not comparable)

  1. (petrology) describing a type of metamorphic rock that has undergone shearing and granulation by high mechanical stress

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French cataclastique

Adjective

cataclastic m or n (feminine singular cataclastic?, masculine plural cataclastici, feminine and neuter plural cataclastice)

  1. cataclastic

Declension

cataclastic From the web:

  • what is cataclastic metamorphism
  • what does cataclysmic mean
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  • cataclastic metamorphism definition
  • products of cataclastic metamorphism

clastic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (klastós, “broken in pieces”), from ?????? (kláein, “to break”) +? -ic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

clastic (not comparable)

  1. Made up of parts that are easily removable.
  2. (geology, of rock) Made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

Derived terms

  • clast
  • volcaniclastic
  • pyroclastic

Related terms

  • iconoclast

Translations

Noun

clastic (plural clastics)

  1. (geology) A rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

Romanian

Etymology

From French clastique

Adjective

clastic m or n (feminine singular clastic?, masculine plural clastici, feminine and neuter plural clastice)

  1. clastic

Declension

clastic From the web:

  • what's clastic mean
  • what clastic rocks
  • what clastic sediment
  • what's clastic rock mean
  • clastic what does it mean
  • what is clastic sedimentary rock
  • what is clastic texture
  • what does clastic rock mean
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