23 сент. 2024 г. · The meaning of CLAST is a fragment of rock.

28 нояб. 2013 г. · [-clast] arises from the Greek [κλαστός / klastes] meaning "to break". The root term [-clast-] is used in medical terminology to mean "to destroy" ...

23 окт. 2024 г. · These conglomerates are composed of clasts of basalt, volcaniclastic sandstone, alkaline lava and sub-rounded chert.

Clast definition: a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a ...

-clasis, -clast [Gr. klan, to break] Suffixes meaning break, breaking, breaker. Search PRIME PubMed Related Topics osteoclast Clarke, Jacob AL Clarke-Hadfield ...

A fragment of (sedimentary) rock broken off from a larger rock.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock. see moresee less. type of: fragment. a piece broken off or cut off of something else. Cite this entry.

A suffix that indicates a cell that destroys or resorbs, e.g. osteoclast. Tags: Cell Engineering.

-clast is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin ‐clastes; Greek ‐κλάστης.