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Definition: METASOMATISM |
METASOMATISMNoun1. An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization. |
Etymology: Metasomatism \Met`a*so"ma*tism\, noun. [Prefix meta- Greek expression body.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | The process of practically simultaneous capillary solution and deposition by which a new mineral of partly or wholly different chemical composition may grow in the body of an old mineral or mineral aggregate. The presence of interstitial, chemically active pore liquids or gases contained within a rock body or introduced from external sources is essential for the replacement process, that often, though not necessarily, occurs at constant volume with little disturbance of textural or structuralfeatures. Syn:metasomosis. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: METASOMATISM |
| Specialty definitions using "METASOMATISM": contact metasomatism ♦ fenite ♦ metasomatic, metasomatite ♦ tactite. (references) |
| "METASOMATISM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "METASOMATISM" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "METASOMATISM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Albanian | metasomatizëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etasomatismmay метасоматизм. (various references) metasomatizam. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "METASOMATISM": metasomatisms. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "METASOMATISM" (pronounced 'Met`a*so"ma*tism'): Absolutism, Achromatism, Acrotism, Anabaptism, Anacrotism, Anagrammatism, Anathematism, Andabatism, Anthropomorphitism, Anti-Semitism, Aphetism, Aplanatism, Apophlegmatism, astigmatism, Athletism, Autohypnotism, Automatism, BAPTISM, Bimastism, Brutism, Catadicrotism, Cenobitism, Chromatism, Commatism, Comtism, Concettism, Conservatism, Cosmopolitism, Cretism, Dynamitism, hypnotism, Mephitism, Metagrammatism, Mimetism, moderatism, Monocrotism, Narcotism, Nazaritism, Nepotism, Parasitism, Pathetism, Pedobaptism, Phonetism, Pietism, Pleochromatism, Pococurantism, Polycrotism, Polymastism, Porphyrogenitism, Pragmatism. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-m-m-m-o-s-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: totemisms. | |
-4 letters: amitoses, amosites, atomises, atomisms, atomists, etatisms, imamates, mismates, misstate, moistest, satiates, semimatt, stemmata, stomates, totemism. | |
-5 letters: amosite, atomies, atomise, atomism, atomist, etatism, imamate, mammate, mammati, mammets, mammies, miasmas, mimosas, miseats, mismate, misseat, mitoses, momisms, mommies, mostest, samites, satiate, semimat, somites, stasima, statism, stemmas, stomata, stomate, tamises, tammies, tatamis, tommies, tsimmes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-m-m-m-o-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: metasomatisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 45 54 41 53 4F 4D 41 54 49 53 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- . - .- ... --- -- .- - .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000101 01010100 01000001 01010011 01001111 01001101 01000001 01010100 01001001 01010011 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M E T A S O M A T I S M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0045 0054 0041 0053 004F 004D 0041 0054 0049 0053 004D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)473954355349473554435347 |
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