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| Adjective | 1. Of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone).[Wordnet] 2. Capable of being taken apart; "the professor had a clastic model of the human brain".[Wordnet] 3. Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models).[Websters] 4. Fragmental; made up of brok/ fragments; as, sandstone is a clastic rock.[Websters] 5. Being fragmentary, piecemeal, scrappy or fragmental.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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"Clastic" is a common misspelling or typo for: clastics. |
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Date "Clastic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references) |
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| Environment | Describing a rock or sediment composed mainly of broken fragments of preexisting minerals or rocks that have been transported from their places of origin. (references) | ||
| Geological | A sedimentary rock composed of fragments (clasts) of pre-existing rock or fossils. (=Detrital sedimentary rocks). (references) | ||
| Geology | 1: (adj) Describes a rock or sediment composed mainly of fragments of preexisting rocks or minerals that have been transported some distance from their place of origin, e.g., sandstone, shale. (references) | ||
| 2: Rock or sediment composed principally of broken fragments that are derived from preexisting rocks which have been transported from their place of origin, as in sandstone. (references) | |||
| Mining | 1: Consisting of fragments of minerals, rocks, or organic structures that have been moved individually from their places of origin. Syn: detrital; fragmental. (references) | ||
| 2: Being or pertaining to a sedimentary rock composed primarily from fragments of preexisting rocks or fossils. (references) | |||
| 3: Pertaining to rock or sediment composed mainly of fragments derived from preexisting rocks or minerals and moved from their place of origin. The term indicates sediment sources that are both within and outside the depositional basin. (references) | |||
| Water | Rock, such as sandstone, or sediment composed principally of broken fragments that are derived from preexisting rocks which have been transported from their place of origin. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | In geology, the term clastic refers to sediments formed from fragments of pre-existing rock. Clastic sedimentary rocks are rocks composed predominately of broken pieces or 'clasts' of older weathered and eroded rocks. Clastic sediments or sedimentary rocks are classified based on grain size, clast and cementing material (matrix) composition, and texture. The classification factors are often useful in determining a sample's environment of deposition. (references) | ||
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| Clastic rock | (geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Clastic rock | Clastic rock is a geological term used to describe a sedimentary rock which is made of fragments of other rocks. Good examples of clastic rocks are breccia, conglomerate, sandstone, and siltstone. The clasts or fragments amy be transported and deposited by any of the erosional agents: water, wind, ice, or simply gravity. (references) | ||
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| Clastic deformation | Mining | A process of metamorphism that involves the fracture, rupture, and rolling out of rock and mineral particles. In some instances, the crystal structure may be preserved, but the orientation of the fragments becomes confused. In other instances, the rock may be thoroughly pulverized. (references) | |
| Clastic dike | Mining | A tabular body of clastic material transecting the bedding of a sedimentary formation, representing extraneous material that has invaded the containing formation along a crack, either from below or from above. See also: sandstone dike; pebble dike. (references) | |
| Clastic dyke | Geography | Discordant tabular mass of sandstone intruded into the enclosing rock following liquefaction by some disturbance. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Clastic rock | Geography | Rock which is composed of detrital material which has been transported mechanically. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Clastic rock | Mining | A consolidated sedimentary rock composed principally of broken fragments that are derived from preexisting rocks (of any origin) or from the solid products formed during chemical weathering of such rocks, and that have been transported mechanically to their places of deposition; e.g., a sandstone, conglomerate, or shale; or a limestone consisting of particles derived from a preexisting limestone. Syn: fragmental rock; clasolite. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: CLASTIC | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Clastic rock | 9 | Clastic dike | 4 | |
| Clastic dike | 4 | Clastic rock | 9 | |
| Clastic wedge | 3 | Clastic wedge | 3 | |
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| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | صخرة فتاتية (clastic rock). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | صخرة فتاتية (clastic rock). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Annamese | vụn (clastic, scrappy). Additional references: Annamese, Viet Nam, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | صخرة فتاتية (clastic rock). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Balgarski | конгломератен (clastic, conglomerate), кластичен (clastic). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Balgarski (transliteration) | konglomeraten (clastic, conglomerate), klastichen (clastic). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | úlomkovitý (fragmentary, clastic, detrital, fragmental), lomící se (clastic), klasický (classical, classic, clastic), klastièni sedimenti (clastic sediments), Klastiène stijene (clastic rocks), Klastièni i karbonatni litofacijesi (Clastic and karbonate lithofacies). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | fragmentário (fragmentary, clastic, piecemeal, upstage), clástico (clastic, fragmentary). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian | конгломератен (clastic, conglomerate), кластичен (clastic). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian (transliteration) | konglomeraten (clastic, conglomerate), klastichen (clastic). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | kilde til klastisk materiale (source of clastic material), klastisk sediment (clastic sediment), klastisk bjergart (clastic rock), sandstensgang (clastic dyke, sandstone dike, sandstone dyke), klastisk diskontinuitet (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | úlomkovitý (fragmentary, clastic, detrital, fragmental), lomící se (clastic), klasický (classical, classic, clastic), klastièni sedimenti (clastic sediments), Klastiène stijene (clastic rocks), Klastièni i karbonatni litofacijesi (Clastic and karbonate lithofacies). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 可分解的 (decomposable, clastic, dissoluble, dissolvable, resoluble), 碎片性的 (clastic), 碎屑岩 (clastic rock). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 可分解的 (clastic, decomposable, resoluble). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ching | vụn (clastic, scrappy). Additional references: Ching, Viet Nam, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | úlomkovitý (fragmentary, clastic, detrital, fragmental), lomící se (clastic), klasický (classical, classic, clastic), klastièni sedimenti (clastic sediments), Klastiène stijene (clastic rocks), Klastièni i karbonatni litofacijesi (Clastic and karbonate lithofacies). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | kilde til klastisk materiale (source of clastic material), klastisk sediment (clastic sediment), klastisk bjergart (clastic rock), sandstensgang (clastic dyke, sandstone dike, sandstone dyke), klastisk diskontinuitet (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | kilde til klastisk materiale (source of clastic material), klastisk sediment (clastic sediment), klastisk bjergart (clastic rock), sandstensgang (clastic dyke, sandstone dike, sandstone dyke), klastisk diskontinuitet (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | جدا شونده (clastic), تقسيم شونده (clastic, fissiparous). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | sandiges Trümmergestein (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), Psammit (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), Trümmergestein (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), Psephit (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), grobkörniges Sedimentgestein (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), Trümmergesteine (clastic rocks), klastische Gesteine (clastic rocks), zertrümmertes Gestein (clastic rock), der Trümmerfels (clastic rock), das Trümmergestein (clastic rock). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | klastisch sediment (clastic sediment), klastisch gesteente (clastic rock), bron van klastisch materiaal (source of clastic material), zandsteengang (clastic dyke, sandstone dike, sandstone dyke). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | klastinen kivilaji (clastic rock, detrital rocks, fragmental rocks), hiekkakivijuoni (clastic dyke, sandstone dike, sandstone dyke), klastinen epäjatkuvuus (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | roche clastique (clastic rock, clastic), clastique (clastic), sédiments clastiques (clastic sediments), inclusion clastique (clastic inclusion), sediment clastique (clastic sediments), roche détrique (clastic rock), sédiment clastique (clastic sediment), discontinuité clastique (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | roche clastique (clastic rock, clastic), clastique (clastic), sédiments clastiques (clastic sediments), inclusion clastique (clastic inclusion), sediment clastique (clastic sediments), roche détrique (clastic rock), sédiment clastique (clastic sediment), discontinuité clastique (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | sandiges Trümmergestein (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), Psammit (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), Trümmergestein (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), Psephit (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), grobkörniges Sedimentgestein (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), Trümmergesteine (clastic rocks), klastische Gesteine (clastic rocks), zertrümmertes Gestein (clastic rock), der Trümmerfels (clastic rock), das Trümmergestein (clastic rock). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gin | vụn (clastic, scrappy). Additional references: Gin, Viet Nam, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | πηγή κλαστικού υλικού (source of clastic material), κλαστικό πέτρωμα (clastic rock), κλαστική ασυνέχεια (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | piy klastikou ilikou (source of clastic material), klastiko petroma (clastic rock), klastiki asinekheia (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 쇄설성의 (clastic), 분해식의 (clastic), 분해성의 (clastic, degradable), 쇄설 성의 (clastic), 【생물】 분해성의 (clastic). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 쇄설성의 (clastic), 분해식의 (clastic), 분해성의 (clastic, degradable), 쇄설 성의 (clastic), 【생물】 분해성의 (clastic). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | פָּרִיק (clastic, demountable). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | صخرة فتاتية (clastic rock). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | sandiges Trümmergestein (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), Psammit (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), Trümmergestein (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), Psephit (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), grobkörniges Sedimentgestein (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), Trümmergesteine (clastic rocks), klastische Gesteine (clastic rocks), zertrümmertes Gestein (clastic rock), der Trümmerfels (clastic rock), das Trümmergestein (clastic rock). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | sandiges Trümmergestein (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), Psammit (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), Trümmergestein (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), Psephit (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), grobkörniges Sedimentgestein (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), Trümmergesteine (clastic rocks), klastische Gesteine (clastic rocks), zertrümmertes Gestein (clastic rock), der Trümmerfels (clastic rock), das Trümmergestein (clastic rock). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | törmelékes (clastic). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | clastico (clastic, detrital), roccia clastica (clastic rock), rocce clastiche (clastic rocks), giacimento clastico terziario (clastic tertiary reservoir), sedimenti clastici (clastic sediments). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | פָּרִיק (clastic, demountable). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 砕屑性の (clastic), 砕屑だ (clastic), 分解性の (clastic, degradable), 分解式の (takedown, clastic). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Jing | vụn (clastic, scrappy). Additional references: Jing, Viet Nam, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Kinh | vụn (clastic, scrappy). Additional references: Kinh, Viet Nam, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 쇄설성의 (clastic), 분해식의 (clastic), 분해성의 (clastic, degradable), 쇄설 성의 (clastic), 【생물】 분해성의 (clastic). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Latvian | smalkgraudains nogulumiezis (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), psamīts (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), rupjgraudains nogulumiezis (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), psefīts (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Latviska | smalkgraudains nogulumiezis (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), psamīts (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), rupjgraudains nogulumiezis (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), psefīts (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lettisch | smalkgraudains nogulumiezis (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), psamīts (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), rupjgraudains nogulumiezis (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), psefīts (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lettish | smalkgraudains nogulumiezis (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), psamīts (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), rupjgraudains nogulumiezis (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), psefīts (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | törmelékes (clastic). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | جدا شونده (clastic), تقسيم شونده (clastic, fissiparous). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | جدا شونده (clastic), تقسيم شونده (clastic, fissiparous). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | جدا شونده (clastic), تقسيم شونده (clastic, fissiparous). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | fragmentário (fragmentary, clastic, piecemeal, upstage), clástico (clastic, fragmentary), descontinuidade clástica (clastic discontinuity), rocha clástica (clastic rock). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | klastisk bergart (clastic rock, detrital rocks, fragmental rocks), klastisk diskontinuitet (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | обломочный (clastic, detrital), обломочная порода (clastic rock), псаммит (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), горная порода мелкообломочная (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), псефит (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), горная порода грубообломочная (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), кластогенные отложения (clastic sediments), кластическая порода (clastic rock). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | oblomochnyy (clastic, detrital), oblomochnaya poroda (clastic rock), psammit (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), gornaya poroda melkooblomochnaya (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), psefit (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), gornaya poroda grubooblomochnaya (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), klastogennye otlozheniya (clastic sediments), klasticheskaya poroda (clastic rock). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | обломочный (clastic, detrital), обломочная порода (clastic rock), псаммит (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), горная порода мелкообломочная (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), псефит (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), горная порода грубообломочная (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), кластогенные отложения (clastic sediments), кластическая порода (clastic rock). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | oblomochnyy (clastic, detrital), oblomochnaya poroda (clastic rock), psammit (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), gornaya poroda melkooblomochnaya (sandy clastic sedimentary rock), psefit (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), gornaya poroda grubooblomochnaya (coarse grained clastic sedimentary rock, psephite), klastogennye otlozheniya (clastic sediments), klasticheskaya poroda (clastic rock). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Serbian (transliteration) | fragmentaran (fragmentary, clastic, fractionary, patchy, scrappy). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | kilde til klastisk materiale (source of clastic material), klastisk sediment (clastic sediment), klastisk bjergart (clastic rock), sandstensgang (clastic dyke, sandstone dike, sandstone dyke), klastisk diskontinuitet (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | klastický (clastic). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | klastický (clastic). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | clástico (clastic), Clástica (clastic, clastics), roca clástica (clastic rock, fragmental rock), origen de material clástico (source of clastic material), dique neptuniano (clastic dyke, sandstone dike, sandstone dyke), dique de arenisca (clastic dyke, sandstone dike, sandstone dyke). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | klastinen kivilaji (clastic rock, detrital rocks, fragmental rocks), hiekkakivijuoni (clastic dyke, sandstone dike, sandstone dyke), klastinen epäjatkuvuus (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | klastinen kivilaji (clastic rock, detrital rocks, fragmental rocks), hiekkakivijuoni (clastic dyke, sandstone dike, sandstone dyke), klastinen epäjatkuvuus (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | klastisk bergart (clastic rock, detrital rocks, fragmental rocks), klastisk diskontinuitet (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | klastisk bergart (clastic rock, detrital rocks, fragmental rocks), klastisk diskontinuitet (clastic discontinuity). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Viet | vụn (clastic, scrappy). Additional references: Viet, Viet Nam, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Vietnamese | vụn (clastic, scrappy). Additional references: Vietnamese, Viet Nam, China, clastic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “clastic” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | clathagastathagic (clastic). Additional references: Athag, clastic. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | clagastagic (clastic). Additional references: Double Dutch, clastic. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | <1/\z+¦< (clastic). Additional references: Leet, clastic. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | clopastopic (clastic). Additional references: Oppish, clastic. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | asticclay (clastic). Additional references: Pig Latin, clastic. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | clasticoe (clastic). Additional references: Terran B, clastic. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | clubastubic (clastic). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, clastic. (volunteer) | |||
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