metamorphism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: metamorphism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for metamorphism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metamorphism n change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphism \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.