Clastic

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  • adjective. Separable into parts or having removable sections.
  • adjective. Made up of fragments of preexisting rock; fragmental.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating to what may be taken to pieces.
  • Breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts; causing or undergoing disruption or dissolution: as, clastic action; the clastic pole of an ovum; a clastic cell.
  • In geology, fragmental: as, clastic rocks; clastic structure.
  • In petrography, sedimentary rocks composed of fragments of older rocks.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to what may be taken apart.
  • adjective. Fragmental; made up of brok� fragments.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. made up of parts that are easily removable.
  • adjective. made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. capable of being taken apart
  • adjective. of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone)
  • Word Usage
    "I still don't understand how that happened other than to think that somehow they didn' pay enough attention to the conference chair Andrew Miall - a noted clastic sedimentologist and maybe somebody the CSPG thought would be friendlier to their policy statement."
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