clastic

Adjective

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone)Opposite integrativeSimilar disintegrative
  2. capable of being taken apart“the professor had a clastic model of the human brain”Opposite attachableSimilar detachable

Related words clastic rock noun, clast noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Clas′tic adjective

Origin: Gr. … br…, fr. … to break.

1. Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models).

2. Mineralogy Fragmental; made up of brok… fragments; as, sandstone is a clastic rock.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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