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Metamorphism

Metamorphism Meaning & Definition
Metamorphism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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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See Also | anamorphism | epigenesis | geological process | katamorphism

Metamorphism In Webster's Dictionary

\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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