Clastic Definition

klăstĭk
adjective
Designating an anatomical model with removable sections to show internal structure.
Webster's New World
Consisting of fragments of older rocks.
Webster's New World

Origin of Clastic

  • From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastos, “broken in pieces”), from κλάειν (klaein, “to break”) +‎ -ic

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek klastos broken clast

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Clastic Sentence Examples

  • In Ohio the system contains much clastic rock, and in Pennsylvania little else.

  • Clastic sediments are less abundant and there are fewer breaks in the succession.

  • The Pottsville formation is chiefly clastic, and corresponds roughly to the Millstone Grit of England.

  • In the Mississippi Basin the larger part of the system is of limestone, though there is some clastic mateiial in both its basal and its upper parts.

  • Success at the TGT-2X well confirms the presence of a highly prospective section of clastic reservoirs in Block 16-1.

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Words Starting With

CCLCLA

Words Ending With

CICTIC

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clastic

Words Starting With C and Ending With C

Starts With C & Ends With CStarts With CL & Ends With CStarts With C & Ends With IC

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With C