-CLASTIC


Meaning of -CLASTIC in English

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective combining form

Etymology: -clast (I) + -ic

1.

a. : breaking, destroying

icono clastic

mytho clastic

b. : disintegrating

proteo clastic

2.

[Greek klast os broken (from klan to break)+ English -ic ]

: curved

anti clastic

II. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun combining form

( -s )

: breaker : destroyer

dendro clastic

pan clastic

III. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective combining form

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary -clast (from Greek klast os broken) + -ic; originally formed as German -klastisch

: composed of fragmental material (of a specified type) — used in names of rocks

crypto clastic

pyro clastic

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.