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Noun: metamorphism  ,me-tu'mor-fi-zum
  1. Change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure, heat or introduction of new chemical substances

Derived forms: metamorphisms

Type of: geologic process, geological process

Encyclopedia: Metamorphism

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