clastic

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clastic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]

clastic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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"