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Definition of Clastic
1. Adjective. Of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone).
2. Adjective. Capable of being taken apart. "The professor had a clastic model of the human brain"
Definition of Clastic
1. a. Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models).
Definition of Clastic
1. Adjective. made up of parts that are easily removable. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: geology of rock) made from fragments of pre-existing rocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clastic
1. a rock made up of other rocks [n -S]
Medical Definition of Clastic
1. Breaking up into pieces, or exhibiting a tendency so to break or divide. Origin: G. Klastos, broken (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clastic
| clast clastic (current term) clastic anatomy clastic rock clastics clastogen clastogenesis clastogenic clastogens clastothrix | clasts clat clatch clatched clatches clatching |
Literary usage of Clastic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"CLASSIFICATION OF clastic ROCKS Important Characters. — When we remember that
the clastic material from which the clastic rocks are produced is the product ..."
2. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"clastic dikes have been recorded as consisting of asphalt, clay, shale, ...
clastic "intrusions," instead of being sheetlike, may have one long and two ..."
3. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"For alluvial and similar weakly weathered, coarse clastic soils, the water adsorption
... However, the coarse clastic soils of the regions of the Far North, ..."
4. A Comprehensive Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"CLASSIFICATION OF clastic ROCKS Important Characters. — When we remember that
the clastic material from which the clastic rocks are produced is the product ..."
5. Introduction to the Study of Minerals: A Combined Textbook and Pocket Manual by Austin Flint Rogers (1912)
"clastic ROCKS The clastic rocks are those which are made up of fragments of
preexisting rocks, usually more or less sorted by water. ..."
6. Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology by Herbert Ernest Gregory (1918)
"Unconsolidated clastic deposits.—The unconsolidated clastic deposits ...
Consolidated clastic deposits.—Conglomerates, sandstones, and shales are the ..."
7. Handbook for Field Geologists by Charles Willard Hayes (1909)
"The clastic sediments tell of older rocks destroyed, of detritus transported by
various agencies, and of deposition under many differing conditions. ..."
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