metasomatism
Meaning of metasomatism
noun
The process by which the bulk chemical composition of a rock is changed by the introduction of components from an external source, especially by a hydrothermal fluid.
Information about metasomatism
- It is a name.
- The plural form of metasomatism is: metasomatisms.
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Hyphenation of metasomatism
meta-so-ma-tism
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- metasomatism is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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