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Definition of 'metamorphism'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) metamorphism
a change in the constitution of a rock by natural means, as pressure and heat.

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1. (noun) metamorphism
change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances

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1. (noun) metamorphism
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

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