Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a mineral that can be cut or severed smoothly by a knife but cannot withstand pulverization.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being cut; in mineralogy, noting minerals, as talc, mica, and steatite, which can be cut smoothly by a knife without the particles breaking, crumbling, or flying about; in botany, appearing as if cut into small particles or pieces. Also
sective .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of being severed by the knife with a smooth cut; -- said of minerals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
cut .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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During the campaign of 2008 the opus sectile floor of the Apodyterium and Frigidarium II of the Roman baths of Sagalassos was already examined.
Stone Studies « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds 2009
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On pietre dure, opus sectile, pictorial stones, and some pretty little pebbles.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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On pietre dure, opus sectile, pictorial stones, and some pretty little pebbles.
Prunings XXVIII 2007
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There was no mistaking that painted armor of over-lapping plates or those strange, in-sectile helmets.
Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005
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These were probably made of marble veneer and marble or opus sectile (shaped tiles of colored marble) slabs, as no fragments of wall plaster or mosaics were found.
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The opus sectile floor covering the frigidarium II and the apodyterium, which was excavated from 2002 to 2004, was once again partially exposed during the first week of the campaign in order to allow Markku Corremans to carry out his doctoral research on imported exotic stones used at Sagalassos.
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The main undertaking was completing the consolidation of frescoes in the Basilica in the former Bouleuterion's courtyard and in the palatial mansion of the Domestic area, but there was also emergency fixing of unstable marble opus sectile slabs recently excavated in the Roman Baths.
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View of one of the partially exposed opus sectile floor sections from frigidarium II
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AD opus sectile floor covering the Frigidarium II and the Apodyterium, which was excavated in 2004, was once again exposed during the first two weeks of the campaign.
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As is also the case with the opus sectile floor of the Roman Baths, also the marble wall veneer from this building originates mostly from Dokimeion, while cipollino is the second most frequent stone type used for marble wall veneer in the Frigidarium II, the Apodyterium and the room to the south of the Apodyterium.
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