pyroclastic
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pyroclastic
Rhymes with -æstɪk
Where it comes from
From pyro- + clastic, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), and κλαστός (klastós, “broken”).
adjective
- Mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin or comminuted during an eruption. The word "ash" is not a very good one to include all the mechanical accompaniments of a subaerial or subaqueous eruption, since ash seems to be restricted to a fine powder, the residuum of combustion. A word is wanting to express all such accompaniments, no matter what their size or condition may be
noun pyroclastics
- A rock mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin. The basic volcanics are altered andesites, porphyritic diabases and andesites, and various pyroclastics.
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adj composed of volcanic rock fragments
| Español | piroclástico |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 火山碎屑 huǒshān suìxiè |
| Français | pyroclastique |
| Deutsch | pyroklastisch |
| Italiano | piroclastico |
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