Detrital

Detrital
Detrital De*tri"tal, a. (Geol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • detrital — detritus ► NOUN ▪ debris or waste material. DERIVATIVES detrital adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from deterere wear away …   English terms dictionary

  • detrital — adjective see detritus …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • detrital — See detritus. * * * …   Universalium

  • detrital — adjective /diˈtɹaɪtəl/ Consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus …   Wiktionary

  • detrital — de·tri·tal || dɪ traɪtl adj. of waste or disintegrated matter, of debris …   English contemporary dictionary

  • detrital — de·tri·tal …   English syllables

  • detrital — /dəˈtraɪtl/ (say duh truytl) adjective composed of detritus. {detrit(us) + al1} …  

  • detrital — də̇.ˈtrīd.]əl, dē.ˈ , īt] adjective Etymology: detritus + al : of, relating to, or resulting from detritus …   Useful english dictionary

  • detrital rock — noun : rock composed mostly of constituents of clastic origin …   Useful english dictionary

  • clastic rock; detrital rock —    A sedimentary rock derived from fragmentated other preexisting rock or organic structures [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”