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Definition of Metamorphism
1. Noun. Change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances.
Generic synonyms: Geologic Process, Geological Process
Definition of Metamorphism
1. n. 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.
Definition of Metamorphism
1. Noun. (geology) The process by which rocks are changed into other forms by the application of heat and/or pressure. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) The process by which insects development through life stages -- as, for example, those of embryo, larva, pupa and imago. The life cycle of the butterfly is one of complete metamorphosis, in which the embryo grows within the egg, hatches into the larval stage caterpillar, enters the pupal stage within its chrysalis, and finally emerges as an adult butterfly imago. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metamorphism
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Literary usage of Metamorphism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"1st, Co n tac t- metamorphism, where the rocks have been altered by contact with
or proximity to some body of eruptive material, and 2nd, ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"But if metamorphism had actually taken place in this way we should expect to find
sections showing horizontal or slightly-disturbed metamorphic beds, ..."
3. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"USING the term ' metamorphism' in a broad sense, we understand by it ... It is
customary to distinguish thermal metamorphism, due to heat, ..."
4. Geology: Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical by Joseph Prestwich (1886)
"metamorphism is that molecular and structural change in the strata of the ...
Contact - metamorphism has resulted from juxtaposition of the strata with ..."
5. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1897)
"metamorphism usually implies an increase in hardness and in the degree of
crystallization, ... The degree of metamorphism varies according to circumstances, ..."
6. Agricultural Geology by Frederick Valentine Emerson (1920)
"Changes Produced by metamorphism.—metamorphism may result in changes that are
... An interesting example of this is found in the metamorphism of impure ..."
7. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Degrees of Dynamic metamorphism in Clastic Sedimentary Rocks.—Like contact
metamorphism, dynamic metamorphism exhibits various degrees of intensity (121). ..."
8. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
""Regional metamorphism" is of ten used to imply that a considerable body ...
As deep burial and pressure are necessary conditions for dynamic metamorphism, ..."
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