EPIGENESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("epigenesis" is a kind of...):

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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