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Definition: Breccia |
BrecciaNoun1. A rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "breccia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Breccia \Brec"cia\, noun. [Italian expression, breach, pebble, fragments of stone, from French br[`e]che; of German origin. See Breach.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Geological | Rock made up of angular fragments of other rocks held together by mineral cement or a fine-grained matrix. Volcanic breccia is made of volcanic rock fragments, generally blown from a volcano or eroded from it. Fault breccia is made by breaking and grinding rocks along a fault. . (references) |
Mining | A coarse-grained clastic rock, composed of angular broken rock fragments held together by a mineral cement or in a fine-grained matrix; it differs from conglomerate in that the fragments have sharp edges and unworn corners. Breccia may originate as a result of talus accumulation, explosive igneous processes, collapse of rock material, or faulting. Etymol: Italian, broken stones, rubble. Syn:rubblerockbrecciated. CF:conglomerate; loose ground. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Fault breccias result from the grinding action of two fault blocks as they slide past each other. Subsequent cementation of these broken fragments may occur by means of mineral matter introduced by ground water. Talus slopes may become buried and the talus cemented in a similar manner.
Volcanic breccias result from the cementation of fragments that have been broken by volcanic action. Sometimes the surface of a lava flow will harden while the interior will remain liquid; the fracturing of the surface layer and its subsequent cementation by uncooled lava produces flow breccia.
The invasion of plutonic rocks will often shatter the invaded country rock, producing a shatter breccia. In the case of plutonic rocks partly cooled and subsequently broken by further invasions of magma, intrusive breccias are formed.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Breccia."
Crosswords: Breccia |
| English words defined with "breccia": Bone breccia, Breccia marble, brecciate, Brecciated ♦ Coin breccia. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "breccia": ablation breccia, agmatite, alloclastic breccia ♦ blue ground ♦ crackle breccia, crush conglomerate ♦ drag breccia, dynamic breccia ♦ earthy breccia, evaporite-solution breccia ♦ fault stuff, fault zone, founder breccia ♦ intraformational breccia, intrusion breccia ♦ lava breccia ♦ mischio marble ♦ ore chimney, ore deposit, ore pipe ♦ pipe of ore, pipe vein, protomylonite ♦ solution breccia ♦ tectonic breccia, tuff breccia ♦ verdolite. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Breccia" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (breach, gap, rubbish, rubble), Swedish (breccia). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Columns of volcanic breccia near Tower Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Breccia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Breccia" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "breccia": ablation breccia ♦ Bone breccia ♦ Breccia marble ♦ Coin breccia ♦ dynamic breccia ♦ solution breccia ♦ tectonic breccia. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
breccia | 16 |
alberto breccia | 7 |
breccia oniciata | 4 |
bathroom breccia marble | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "breccia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صخرة متلاحمة, البريشة صخرة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | брекчия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tektonisk breccie (dynamic breccia, tectonic breccia), ablationsbreccie (ablation breccia, solution breccia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | breukbreccie (dynamic breccia, tectonic breccia), tektonische breccie (dynamic breccia, tectonic breccia), oplossingsbreccie (ablation breccia, solution breccia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | liukenemisbreksia (ablation breccia, solution breccia), hankausbreksia (dynamic breccia, tectonic breccia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | brèche tectonique (dynamic breccia, tectonic breccia), brèche de remplissage (ablation breccia, solution breccia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Brekzielösung (ablation breccia, solution breccia), Brekzieausfüllung (ablation breccia, solution breccia), Brekzieauffüllung (ablation breccia, solution breccia), tektonische Brekzie (dynamic breccia, tectonic breccia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λατυποπαγές πλήρωσης (ablation breccia, solution breccia), τεκτονικό λατυποπαγές (dynamic breccia, tectonic breccia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | breccsa (agglomerate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | breccia tettonica (dynamic breccia, tectonic breccia), breccia di riempimento (ablation breccia, solution breccia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 각 ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecciabray brecha de falha (dynamic breccia, tectonic breccia), brecha de colapso (ablation breccia, solution breccia). (various references) брекчия. (various references) vrsta stene. (various references) breccia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "breccia": breccial, breccias, brecciate, brecciated, brecciates, brecciating, brecciation, brecciations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "breccia" (pronounced 'Brec"cia'): Residencia. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: acerbic. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-i-r" | |
-1 letter: caribe. | |
-2 letters: acerb, areic, baric, brace, caber, ceiba, cerci, ceria, ceric, circa, erica, rabic. | |
-3 letters: abri, acre, bare, bear, bice, bier, brae, brie, carb, care, ceca, cire, crab, crib, race, rice. | |
-4 letters: ace, air, arb, arc, are, bar, bra, cab, car, ear, era, ice, ire, reb, rec, rei, ria, rib. | |
-5 letters: ab, ae, ai, ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-e-i-r" | |
+1 letter: breccial, breccias. | |
+2 letters: brecciate. | |
+3 letters: bacteremic, brecciated, brecciates, corbiculae. | |
+4 letters: acerbically, bactericide, bacteriocin, brecciating, brecciation, mobocracies, practicable. | |
+5 letters: accreditable, bactericidal, bactericides, bacteriocins, brecciations, buccaneering, buccaneerish, bureaucratic, cherubically, circulatable, contractible, crackbrained, criticizable, cybernetical, microbalance, mycobacteria, reconcilable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 72 65 63 63 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-. . -.-. -.-. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110010 01100101 01100011 01100011 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B r e c c i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0072 0065 0063 0063 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36847169697567 |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic; Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; korean, كوري شمالي, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian; Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish; 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