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orthoclastic

orthoclastic adjective: having cleavage planes at right angles, as in orthoclase.

Adjective

orthoclastic (comparative more orthoclastic, superlative most orthoclastic)

  1. Having cleavage planes at right angles, as in orthoclase.

Forms of orthoclastic

comparativemore orthoclastic
superlativemost orthoclastic

Origin of orthoclastic

From ortho- + Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken”) + -ic.

Questions about orthoclastic

What does orthoclastic mean?
Orthoclastic means having cleavage planes at right angles, as in orthoclase.
What part of speech is orthoclastic?
Orthoclastic is an adjective.

Words near orthoclastic in the dictionary

  1. orthoclad
  2. orthoclads
  3. orthoclase
  4. orthoclases
  5. orthoclasic
  6. orthoclastic
  7. orthocleavage
  8. orthocomplement
  9. orthocomplementation
  10. orthocomplementations
  11. orthocomplemented

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