Resembling cement in appearance, texture, or behavior; having cement-like properties.
From cement with suffix -like meaning having the appearance or qualities of. A descriptive term used in materials and geological contexts.
When geologists describe certain sediments as 'cementlike,' they're noticing that they're starting to act like a unified solid rather than loose particles—it's a key observation in understanding how rocks form.
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