DIASTEM


Meaning of DIASTEM in English

— diastemic , adj.

/duy"euh stem'/ , n. Geol.

a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks. Cf. unconformity .

[ 1850-55; diástema interval; see DIASTEMA ]

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