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endomorphism
[ en-doh-mawr-fiz-uhm, -duh- ]
noun
- Petrology. a change brought about within the mass of an intrusive igneous rock.
- Mathematics. a homomorphism of a set into itself.
endomorphism
/ ˌɛndəʊˈmɔːˌfɪzəm /
noun
- geology changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
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Word History and Origins
Origin of endomorphism1
First recorded in 1950–55; endomorph(ic) + -ism
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