English Explanatory Dictionary

Wentworth scale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A particle classification system, classifying based on diameter.

Word forms

Wentworth scale

Etymology

Introduced by C. K. Wentworth in a 1922 paper.

Related words

colloid clay silt mud sand gravel granule pebble cobble boulder
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