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orthoclastic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-tho-clas-tic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having cleavage planes at right angles, as in orthoclase.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more orthoclastic (comparative) most orthoclastic (superlative)

Questions

What does orthoclastic mean?
Having cleavage planes at right angles, as in orthoclase.
Where does orthoclastic come from?
From ortho- + Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken”) + -ic.

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