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clastic

 
Dictionary: clas·tic   (klăs'tĭk) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Separable into parts or having removable sections: a clastic anatomical model.
  2. Geology. Made up of fragments of preexisting rock; fragmental.

[From Greek klastos, broken. See clast.]

clastic clas'tic n.

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(klăs'tĭk)
adj.
  1. Breaking up into pieces or exhibiting a tendency to break or divide.
  2. Separable into parts or having removable sections, as an anatomical model.

1. undergoing or causing division.
2. separable into parts.

 
 

 

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