| Pronunciation: | | `metu'morfizum
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| Matching Terms: | | metamorphist
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| | Definition: | | [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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| | See Also: | | anamorphism, epigenesis, geological process, katamorphism |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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