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English Dictionary: clastic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clastic \Clas"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] br[?], fr. [?] to break.]
      1. Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy
            (of models).
  
      2. (Min.) Fragmental; made up of brok[?] fragments; as,
            sandstone is a clastic rock.
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