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clastic
(encz) | clastic,úlomkovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Clastic
(gcide) | Clastic \Clas"tic\, a. [Gr. ? br?, fr. ? to break.]
1. Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy
(of models).
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2. (Min.) Fragmental; made up of brok? fragments; as,
sandstone is a clastic rock.
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clastic
(wn) | clastic
adj 1: of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments
of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone)
2: capable of being taken apart; "the professor had a clastic
model of the human brain" |
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clastic rock
(encz) | clastic rock, n: |
iconoclastic
(encz) | iconoclastic,ikonoklastický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
plagioclastic
(encz) | plagioclastic,plagioklasový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
synclastic
(encz) | synclastic,synklastický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Anaclastic
(gcide) | Anaclastic \An`a*clas"tic\, a. [Gr. ? to bend back and break; to
reflect (light); ? + ? to break.]
1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen
through water; as, anaclastic curves.
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2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
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Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted
funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out
a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with
a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the
orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its
former convex form.
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Anaclastic glass
(gcide) | Anaclastic \An`a*clas"tic\, a. [Gr. ? to bend back and break; to
reflect (light); ? + ? to break.]
1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen
through water; as, anaclastic curves.
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2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
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Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted
funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out
a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with
a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the
orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its
former convex form.
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Anaclastics
(gcide) | Anaclastics \An`a*clas"tics\, n. (Opt.)
That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light;
-- commonly called dioptrics. --Encyc. Brit.
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Anticlastic
(gcide) | Anticlastic \An`ti*clas"tic\ ([a^]n`t[i^]*kl[a^]s"t[i^]k), a.
[Pref. anti- = Gr. kla^n to break.]
Having opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in
one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as
the surface of a saddle.
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Autoclastic
(gcide) | Autoclastic \Au`to*clas"tic\, a. [See Auto-; Clastic.]
(Geol.)
Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or
brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of
brecciated materials brought from a distance.
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Clastic
(gcide) | Clastic \Clas"tic\, a. [Gr. ? br?, fr. ? to break.]
1. Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy
(of models).
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2. (Min.) Fragmental; made up of brok? fragments; as,
sandstone is a clastic rock.
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Iconoclastic
(gcide) | Iconoclastic \I*con`o*clas"tic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking.
--Milman. Iconodule |
Orthoclastic
(gcide) | Orthoclastic \Or`tho*clas"tic\, a. (Crystallog.)
Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said
of the monoclinic feldspars.
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Synclastic
(gcide) | Synclastic \Syn*clas"tic\, a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. kla^n to break.]
(Math. Physics)
Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said of
surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away
from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of
a sphere; -- opposed to anticlastic. --Sir W. Thomson.
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clastic rock
(wn) | clastic rock
n 1: (geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks |
iconoclastic
(wn) | iconoclastic
adj 1: characterized by attack on established beliefs or
institutions
2: destructive of images used in religious worship; said of
religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of
living things is prohibited |
plagioclastic
(wn) | plagioclastic
adj 1: of or relating to plagioclase |
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