CLAST


Meaning of CLAST in English

/klast/ , n.

a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., esp. as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.

[ 1950-55; prob. back formation from CLASTIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .