How do you pronounce detritus UK?
What does detritus mean?
1 geology : loose material (such as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration. 2a : a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : debris.
Is the word detritus singular or plural?
The noun detritus can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be detritus. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be detritus e.g. in reference to various types of detritus or a collection of detritus.
Where does the word detritus come from?
detritus (n.)
in geology, 1795, “process of erosion” (a sense now obsolete), from Latin detritus “a wearing away,” from detri-, stem of detere “wear away,” from de “away” (see de-) + terere “to rub, wear” (from PIE root *tere- (1) “to rub, turn”).