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hyaloclasts

hyaloclasts is the plural of hyaloclast.

Meaning of hyaloclast

Noun

hyaloclast (plural hyaloclasts)

  1. A volcanic glass fragment formed by hot lava rapidly cooling when it encounters water or ice, causing it to shatter into small, glassy pieces.
    • Hyaloclasts occur partly between the individual lava flows, partly in the vents penetrating the volcanic formations.1974, Acta Geologica, volume 18, page 388

Questions about hyaloclasts

What is hyaloclasts the plural of?
Hyaloclasts is the plural of hyaloclast.

Words near hyaloclasts in the dictionary

  1. hyalitis
  2. hyalo-
  3. hyaloclast
  4. hyaloclastite
  5. hyaloclastites
  6. hyaloclasts
  7. hyalocyte
  8. hyalocytes
  9. hyalodendrin
  10. hyalogen
  11. hyalogens

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