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cataclasis

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cat⋅a⋅cla⋅sis

  [kat-uh-kley-sis, kuh-tak-luh-sis]
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–noun Petrology.
a process of deformation or metamorphism in which the grains of a rock are fractured and rotated.
Origin:
< Gk katáklasis refraction, equiv. to katakla-, s. of kataklân to break off, refract, break down (kata- cata- + klân to break) + -sis -sis; cf. Norw kataklasstruktur (1885)

Related forms:
cat⋅a⋅clas⋅tic  [kat-uh-klas-tik] , adjective
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