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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
clastic
 
SYLLABICATION:clas·tic
PRONUNCIATION:  klstk
ADJECTIVE:1. Separable into parts or having removable sections: a clastic anatomical model. 2. Geology Made up of fragments of preexisting rock; fragmental.
ETYMOLOGY:From Greek klastos, broken. See clast.
OTHER FORMS:clastic —NOUN
 
 
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