adj.
Of or relating to a mineral that can be cut or severed smoothly by a knife but cannot withstand pulverization.
[Latin sectilis, from sectus, past participle of secāre, to cut.]
sectility sec·til'i·ty (-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
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