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-clase

-clase

See also: clase

English

Suffix

-clase

  1. (mineralogy) fracture (having a fracture of such a form)

Derived terms

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλᾰ́σῐς ‎(klásis, “breaking, fracture”) (via French -clase), from κλάω ‎(kláō, “I break”).

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