CATACLASIS

Meaning of CATACLASIS in English

[ ˌkatə'kleɪsɪs ]

■ noun Geology the fracture and breaking up of rock by natural processes.

Derivatives

cataclastic -'klastɪk adjective

Origin

1950s: from cata- + Gk klasis 'breaking'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CATACLASIS — ˌkad.əˈklāsə̇s; kəˈtakləsə̇s, kaˈ- noun ( plural cataclases -ˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kataklasis, from kata- cata- + klasis breaking …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CATACLASIS — — cataclastic /kat'euh klas"tik/ , adj. /kat'euh klay"sis, keuh tak"leuh sis/ , n. Petrol. a process of deformation or metamorphism …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATACLASIS — n. (pl. cataclases) Geol. the natural process of fracture, shearing, or breaking up of rocks. øøcataclastic adj. [mod.L f. Gk …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CATACLASIS — n. (pl. cataclases) Geol. the natural process of fracture, shearing, or breaking up of rocks. cataclastic adj. [ mod.L f. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CATACLASIS — n. (pl. cataclases) Geol. the natural process of fracture, shearing, or breaking up of rocks. Derivatives: cataclastic adj. Etymology: mod.L …
Oxford English vocab
CATACLASTIC — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|klastik adjective Etymology: probably modification of Norwegian kataklastisk, from Gk. kataklastos broken down (from kataklan ) + Norwegian -isk -ish …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
METAMORPHISM — mineralogical and structural adjustments of solid rocks to physical and chemical conditions differing from those under which the rocks originally …
Britannica English vocabulary