| 单词 | cataclasis |
| 释义 | cataclasis[ kat-uh-kley-sis, kuh-tak-luh-sis ] / ˌkæt əˈkleɪ sɪs, kəˈtæk lə sɪs / noun Petrology.a process of deformation or metamorphism in which the grains of a rock are fractured and rotated. Origin of cataclasis<Greek katáklasis refraction, equivalent to katakla-, stem of kataklân to break off, refract, break down (kata-cata- + klân to break) + -sis-sis; compare Norwegian kataklasstruktur (1885) OTHER WORDS FROM cataclasiscat·a·clas·tic [kat-uh-klas-tik], /ˌkæt əˈklæs tɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby cataclasiscatabolite gene activator protein, catabolize, catacaustic, catachresis, catachronobiology, cataclasis, cataclastic, cataclinal, cataclysm, cataclysmic, catacomb Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for cataclasiscataclasis / (ˌkætəˈkleɪsɪs) / noun plural -ses (-siːz)geology the deformation of rocks by crushing and shearing Derived forms of cataclasiscataclastic (ˌkætəˈklæstɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for cataclasisC19: New Latin, from Greek, from cata- + klasis a breaking Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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