clas|tic

clas|tic
clas|tic «KLAS tihk», adjective.
1. Biology. dividing into fragments or separate parts.
2. Geology. made up of bits of older rock: »

clastic rocks.

3. composed of a number of separable pieces: »

a clastic anatomical model.

[< Greek klastós broken (< klân break) + English -ic]

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  • i|con|o|clas|tic — «y KON uh KLAS tihk», adjective. of or having to do with iconoclasts or iconoclasm: »Even the most iconoclastic young scholar hesitates to say anything unfavorable about a large foundation (New Yorker). –i|con´o|clas´ti|cal|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • a|clas|tic — «ay KLAS tihk», adjective. Physics. not refracting. ╂[< Greek áklastos unbroken + English ic] …   Useful english dictionary

  • an|a|clas|tic — «AN uh KLAS tihk», adjective. 1. Prosody. having to do with or characterized by anaclasis. 2. having to do with or produced by refraction of light …   Useful english dictionary

  • an|ti|clas|tic — «AN tee KLAS tihk», adjective. having two opposite curvatures transverse to each other; convex in length and concave in breadth, or vice versa, as a saddle. ╂[< anti + Greek klastós broken (< klân to break) + English ic] …   Useful english dictionary

  • cryp|to|clas|tic — «KRIHP toh KLAS tihk», adjective. composed of particles too small to be seen by the unaided eye: »cryptoclastic rocks. ╂[< Greek kryptós hidden + klastós broken off + English ic] …   Useful english dictionary

  • hem|i|clas|tic — «HEHM ee KLAS tihk», adjective. of volcanic origin: »hemiclastic rocks …   Useful english dictionary

  • his|to|clas|tic — «HIHS tuh KLAS tihk», adjective. Medicine. destroying or breaking down tissue …   Useful english dictionary

  • hol|o|clas|tic — «HOL uh KLAS tihk», adjective. of or having to do with classic rocks of aqueous origin as contrasted with those of volcanic origin …   Useful english dictionary

  • or|tho|clas|tic — «AWR thuh KLAS tihk», adjective. Mineralogy. having cleavages at right angles to each other, as certain feldspars, especially orthoclase …   Useful english dictionary

  • os|te|o|clas|tic — «OS tee uh KLAS tihk», adjective. of or having to do with osteoclasts …   Useful english dictionary

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