cataclasis

cataclasis
n. (pl. cataclases) Geol. the natural process of fracture, shearing, or breaking up of rocks.
Derivatives:
cataclastic adj.
Etymology: mod.L f. Gk kataklasis breaking down

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\\ˌkad.əˈklāsə̇s; kəˈtakləsə̇s, kaˈ-\ noun (plural cataclases \\-ˌsēz\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kataklasis, from kata- cata- + klasis breaking — more at -clasia
: the crushing or fracturing of rocks and minerals during metamorphism — compare breccia, crush breccia

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cataclastic /kat'euh klas"tik/, adj.
/kat'euh klay"sis, keuh tak"leuh sis/, n. Petrol.
a process of deformation or metamorphism in which the grains of a rock are fractured and rotated.
[ < Gk katáklasis refraction, equiv. to katakla-, s. of kataklân to break off, refract, break down (kata- CATA- + klân to break) + -sis -SIS; cf. Norw kataklasstruktur (1885)]

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cataclāsˈis noun (geology)
Deformation of rocks by crushing
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