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metasedimentary

metasedimentary adjective: of or pertaining to a metasediment.

Adjective

metasedimentary (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a metasediment.

Noun

metasedimentary (plural metasedimentaries)

  1. A metasediment.
    • The absence of sedimentaries and metasedimentaries in W52 suggest it is not from the Sepik north coast, which is defined by heterogeneous lithic inclusions derived from the Torricelli Mountains.2015 September 3, “Earliest Pottery on New Guinea Mainland Reveals Austronesian Influences in Highland Environments 3000 Years Ago”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of metasedimentary

pluralmetasedimentaries

Origin of metasedimentary

From meta- + sedimentary.

Questions about metasedimentary

What does metasedimentary mean?
Metasedimentary means of or pertaining to a metasediment.
What part of speech is metasedimentary?
Metasedimentary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near metasedimentary in the dictionary

  1. metasearches
  2. metasearching
  3. metasediment
  4. metasedimentaclastic
  5. metasedimentaries
  6. metasedimentary
  7. metasediments
  8. metaselective
  9. metasemantic
  10. metasemantically
  11. metasemantics

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