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replacive

adj

Etymology

From replace + -ive.

  1. derived from *pleth₂-✻ — “to spread”
  2. derived from πλατεῖα
  3. derived from platēa — “plaza, wide street”
  4. derived from place — “place, an open space”
  5. inherited from plæċe — “place, an open space, street”
  6. inherited from place
  7. prefixed as replace — “re + place”
  8. suffixed as replacive — “replace + ive”

Definitions

  1. Denoting replacement.

    • Replacive conjuncts indicate that what is being said is a replacement for what has been said before.

  2. Of or relating to replacement of one mineral by another, or a rock which exhibits such…

    Of or relating to replacement of one mineral by another, or a rock which exhibits such replacement.

    • Early replacive calcite and late replacive calcite exhibit similar carbon isotope and different oxygen isotope compositions.
    • a mass of nodular replacive anhydrite

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA