| ADJECTIVE | all | clastic | of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone) |
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| all | clastic | capable of being taken apart |
| Meaning | Of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone). | |
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| Category | geology | A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks |
| Broader | disintegrative | tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts |
| Spanish | clástico | |
| Catalan | clàstic | |
| Nouns | clast | (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock |
| clastic rock | (geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks | |
| Meaning | capable of being taken apart. | |
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| Example | "the professor had a clastic model of the human brain" | |
| Broader | detachable | designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage |
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