Clastic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clastic \Clas"tic\, a. [Gr. ? br?, fr. ? to break.]
     1. Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy
        (of models).
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     2. (Min.) Fragmental; made up of brok? fragments; as,


        sandstone is a clastic rock.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clastic
       adj 1: of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of
              older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone)
       2: capable of being taken apart; "the professor had a clastic
          model of the human brain"