diadactic

adjective

di·​a·​dac·​tic

¦dīə¦daktik

geology

: having reference to a bedding sequence in sediments or sedimentary rocks that is characterized by the repetition of a pair of unlike laminae

the diadactic structure of varved clay

Word History

Etymology

diad + -actic (as in syntactic)

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