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Definition of Clast
1. Noun. (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock.
Group relationships: Clastic Rock
Generic synonyms: Fragment
Derivative terms: Clastic
Definition of Clast
1. Noun. (geology) a fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clast
1. a fragment of rock [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clast
| clast (current term) clastic clastic anatomy clastic rock clastics clastogen clastogenesis clastogenic clastogens clastothrix | clasts clat clatch clatched clatches |
Literary usage of Clast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Simplified Library School Rules: Card Catalog, Accession, Book Numbers by Melvil Dewey (1898)
"40b Brief clast catalog. As the shelf list is arranged primarily by subjects, it
forms a brief clast catalog. This shows in what subjects the library is ..."
2. The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of by James Hardie, A. Citizen (1801)
"Dr. Fothergill has often mentioned to his friends, how much he was indebted to
this clast of grateful, though needy suppliants ; and in his turn he ..."
3. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"Where crystal growth nucleates on a clast surface, a corona of radial ...
This generated a chaotically arranged assembly of irregular clast (photo 7). ..."
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