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metamorphism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Metamorphism \Met`a*mor"phism\, n. (Geol.) The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble. --Murchison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: metamorphism n : change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat of introduction of new chemical substances
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