exomorphism

noun

ex·​o·​mor·​phism

plural -s

: a change (such as hardening or the formation of new minerals) produced in a rock mass by igneous intrusion from without : metamorphism by external contact

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary exo- + -morphism; originally formed as French exomorphisme

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