metasedimentary

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meta- +‎ sedimentary

Adjective[edit]

metasedimentary (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a metasediment.

Noun[edit]

metasedimentary (plural metasedimentaries)

  1. A metasediment.
    • 2015 September 3, “Earliest Pottery on New Guinea Mainland Reveals Austronesian Influences in Highland Environments 3000 Years Ago”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The absence of sedimentaries and metasedimentaries in W52 suggest it is not from the Sepik north coast, which is defined by heterogeneous lithic inclusions derived from the Torricelli Mountains.