-clase

See also: clase

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-clase

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

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -clase
anorthoclase
euclase
leptoclase
oligoclase
orthoclase
plagioclase
rhomboclase

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