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cleavable

/klee-vuh-buhl/US // ˈkli və bəl //

可开裂,可开裂的,可裂解的,可裂解

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being cleft or split.

Examples

  • The shakes were split very thin, for sugar pine is among the most cleavable woods of this country.

  • Diopside, dī-op′sid, n. a grayish and readily cleavable variety of pyroxene.

  • Crystallizes in rhombohedrons with curved faces; these crystals are distinctly cleavable and massive.