Meaning of DETRITUS
| Pronunciation: | | di'trItus
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- [n] loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
- [n] the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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| | Synonyms: | | debris, dust, junk, rubble |
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| | See Also: | | material, rubbish, stuff, trash | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*tri"tus\, n. [F. d['e]tritus, fr. L. detritus, p.
p. of deterere. See {Detriment}.]
1. (Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by
attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial
detritus.
Note: For large portions, the word d['e]bris is used.
2. Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they
belonged; any product of disintegration.
The mass of detritus of which modern languages are
composed. --Farrar.
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- Undissolved organic or inorganic matter resulting from the decomposition of parent material.
- The mineral burden of a stream, ranging from the finest clays to the largest boulders.
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| | Definition: | | waste by-products from tool manufacture. Most frequently applied to chips and fragments resulting from stone flaking. |
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| | Related Terms: | | afterglow, afterimage, alluvion, alluvium, balance, breccia, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, debris, deposit, diluvium, drift, end, fag end, filings, fossil, grain, granule, granulet, gravel, grit, holdover, husks, leavings, leftovers, loess, moraine, odds and ends, offscourings, orts, parings, rags, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sand, sawdust, scourings, scraps, scree, sediment, shadow, shavings, shingle, silt, sinter, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, trace, vestige, waste |
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