Usually means: Particles eroded from pre-existing rocks.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word detrital:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. detrital: Merriam-Webster
  2. detrital: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. detrital: Collins English Dictionary
  4. detrital: Wordnik
  5. detrital: Wiktionary
  6. Detrital, detrital: Dictionary.com
  7. Detrital: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Detrital: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. detrital: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Detrital: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. detrital: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Detrital: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. detrital: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. detrital: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. detrital: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. detrital: Medical dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Detrital: Gems and Precious Stones
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See detritus as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (detrital)

adjective:  (geology) Consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus.

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