metasedimentary

metasedimentary

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ sedimentary

Adjective

metasedimentary (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a metasediment.

Noun

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, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0134497:

     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.