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sedimentary
English
Etymology
From sediment +? -ary
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?d??m?nt??i/
Adjective
sedimentary (not comparable)
- (geology, of a rock) Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.
Coordinate terms
- igneous, metamorphic
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
sedimentary (plural sedimentaries)
- A rock of this kind.
sedimentary From the web:
- what sedimentary rock
- what sedimentary rocks are clastic
- what sedimentary rock is made of halite
- what sedimentary rock fizzes in acid
- what sedimentary rock contains fossils
- what sedimentary rock reacts to hydrochloric acid
- what sedimentary rocks have fossils
- what sedimentary rock formed slate
bioclastic
English
Etymology
bio- +? clastic
Adjective
bioclastic (comparative more bioclastic, superlative most bioclastic)
- (geology) Describing a sedimentary rock that is composed of the remains of small organisms
- (geology) Describing a form of erosion or formation caused by the action of living organisms
Translations
bioclastic From the web:
- what bioclastic sedimentary rock
- what bioclastic means
- what does bioclastic mean
- what is bioclastic limestone
- what do bioclastic rocks formed from
- what does bioclastic mean in science terms
- what does bioclastic mean in earth science
- what does bioclastic rock mean
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