transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˈtrī-təs ]
noun
( plural de·tri·tus -ˈtrī-təs, -ˈtrī-ˌtüs)
Etymology: French détritus, from Latin detritus, past participle of deterere
Date: 1802
1. : loose material (as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration
2.
a. : a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : debris
b. : miscellaneous remnants : odds and ends
sifting through the detritus of his childhood — Michael Tomasky
• de·tri·tal -ˈtrī-t ə l adjective