cataclastic

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English

Pronunciation

Adjective

cataclastic (not comparable)

  1. (petrology) describing a type of metamorphic rock that has undergone shearing and granulation by high mechanical stress

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cataclastique.

Adjective

cataclastic m or n (feminine singular cataclastică, masculine plural cataclastici, feminine and neuter plural cataclastice)

  1. cataclastic

Declension