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Metavolcanic
Meaning
Adj
●
In Geology & Rocks:
Being or
relating
to a type of
metamorphic rock
originally
produced
by a
volcano
, either as
lava
or
tephra
, then
buried
and
subjected
to high
pressures
and
temperatures
,
causing
it to recrystallize.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
metavolcanic
English
meta-
English
μετά
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
volcanic
English
volcanique
French
-ique
French
-icus
Dutch
volcan
French
Vulcanus
Latin
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Etym
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