detritus
31Détritus — Déchet Dans la plupart des pays, les déchets font l objet d une collecte organisée, et de plus en plus souvent après un pré tri par l émetteur …
32detritus — 1) debris, disintegrated material or particulate material that enters into an aquatic system. If derived from decaying organic matter it is organic detritus 2) fragments formed by detrition, especially in fish gills 3) dead vegetal matter, faecal …
33detritus — n. [L. detritus, worn away] An aggregate of fragmentary material, such as decomposing parts of plants and animals …
34detritus — detrital, adj. /di truy teuhs/, n. 1. rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice. 2. any disintegrated material; debris. [1785 95; < F détritus < L: a rubbing away, equiv.… …
35detritus — noun /dəˈtraɪtəs/ a) pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion. 2001. But of course: no clutter. No newspapers, no renegade scraps of domestic detritus, no rubber bands, paper clips, coupons, pens or pencils, notebooks, magazines. No… …
36Detritus — De|tri|tus der; <aus lat. detritus »das Abreiben« zu deterere »abreiben, abscheuern«>: 1. zerriebenes Gesteinsmaterial, Gesteinsschutt (Geol.). 2. Schwebe u. Sinkstoffe in den Gewässern, deren Hauptanteil abgestorbene ↑Mikroorganismen… …
37detritus — Loose fragments that nature or carving has worn away from rock. Often, by extension, the material or debris resulting from the making of any work of art; the disintegrated or eroded material left behind by past civilizations. An example is the …
38detritus — (dih TRY tus) [French, from Latin] Loose particles or fragments of rock or other material, separated or washed away from an exposed surface by erosion, glacial action, etc. Any mass of disintegrated material; debris. to be churned into the… …
39detritus — noun areas littered with military detritus Syn: debris, waste, refuse, rubbish, litter, scrap, flotsam and jetsam, rubble; remains, remnants, fragments, scraps, dregs, leavings, sweepings, dross, scum, trash, garbage …
40detritus — de•tri•tus [[t]dɪˈtraɪ təs[/t]] n. 1) gel pet rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice 2) any disintegrated material; debris • Etymology: 1785–95; < F détritus < L:… …
