rhetic

Rhe"tic, a. (Min.) Defn: Same as Rhætic. Rhae"tic, Rhe"tic, a. Etym: [L. Rhaeticus Rhetian.] (Geol.) Defn: Pertining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology.

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