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orthoclastic

[ awr-thuh-klas-tik ]

adjective

, Crystallography.
  1. (of a crystal) having cleavages at right angles to each other.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of orthoclastic1

1875–80; < German orthoklastisch, equivalent to ortho- ortho- + -klastisch clastic

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Example Sentences

There are consequently two series of felspars, one termed orthoclastic or orthotomous, and the other plagioclastic or clinotomous.

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