(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:09:12

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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