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endomorphism

[en-doh-mawr-fiz-uhm, -duh-]

noun

  1. Petrology.a change brought about within the mass of an intrusive igneous rock.

  2. Mathematics.a homomorphism of a set into itself.

endomorphism

/ ˌɛԻəʊˈɔːˌɪə /

noun

  1. 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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