Definition of Clasts

1. Noun. (plural of clast) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clasts

1. clast [n] - See also: clast

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clasts

clast
clastic
clastic anatomy
clastic rock
clastics
clastogen
clastogenesis
clastogenic
clastogens
clastothrix
clasts (current term)
clat
clatch
clatched
clatches
clatching
clathrate
clathrate compound
clathrate crystal
clathrates
clathrin
clathrin adaptor proteins
clathrins
clathrochelate

Literary usage of Clasts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"This breccia shows a remarkable degree of dilation, with matrix supported clasts. Up to 80% of the rock may be composed of the monomineralic quartz matrix. ..."

2. Developmental Pathology by Eugene Solomon Talbot (1905)
"also the trabeculae and the root attachments which hold the osteo- clasts in position and are without abscess. Fig. V, taken from Black, Vol. ..."

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