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- Dictionaryde·tri·tus/dəˈtrīdəs/
noun
- 1. waste or debris of any kind: "streets filled with rubble and detritus"
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1. geology : loose material (such as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration. 2. a. : a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : debris. b. : miscellaneous remnants : odds and ends. still picking up detritus from the block party.
DETRITUS definition: 1. waste material or rubbish, especially left after a particular event: 2. a loose mass of…. Learn more.
DETRITUS meaning: 1. waste material or rubbish, especially left after a particular event: 2. a loose mass of…. Learn more.
Detritus definition: rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.. See examples of DETRITUS used in a sentence.
Usually, detritus refers to waste or junk of some kind, but it can actually mean any accumulation of material, not only man-made stuff. Loose gravel, silt, and sand can all be called detritus, and so can decomposed organic matter, like piles of dead leaves.
Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used.
Definition of detritus noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Geological Science) a loose mass of stones, silt, etc, worn away from rocks. 2. an accumulation of disintegrated material or debris. 3. (Biology) the organic debris formed from the decay of organisms. [C18: from French détritus, from Latin dētrītus a rubbing away; see detriment] deˈtrital adj.
DETRITUS meaning: the pieces that are left when something breaks, falls apart, is destroyed, etc.
In biology, detritus ( / dɪˈtraɪtəs / or / dɛˈtrɪtəs /) is dead particulate organic material, as distinguished from dissolved organic material. Detritus typically includes the bodies or fragments of bodies of dead organisms, and fecal material.
