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anatexis

Meaning of "anatexis" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANATEXIS

From Greek: rebirth.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ANATEXIS

ˈænəˌtɛksɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANATEXIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anatexis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANATEXIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anatexis

Anatexis in geology, refers to the differential, or partial, melting of rocks, especially in the forming of metamorphic rocks such as migmatites.

Definition of anatexis in the English dictionary

The definition of anatexis in the dictionary is the partial melting of rocks, esp in the formation of metamorphic rocks.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANATEXIS

anaphylaxis · apomixis · axis · catalexis · cathexis · chemoprophylaxis · chemotaxis · deixis · epistaxis · lexis · orexis · phototaxis · praxis · prophylaxis · pyxis · rhexis · stereotaxis · tachyphylaxis · taxis · Zeuxis

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANATEXIS

anat. · anata · anatase · anathema · anathemata · anathematical · anathematisation · anathematise · anathematization · anathematize · anatman · Anatolia · Anatolian · Anatolian shepherd dog · anatomic · anatomical · anatomical snuffbox · anatomically · anatomies · anatomisation

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANATEXIS

aerotaxis · anaptyxis · heliotaxis · hypercatalexis · major axis · minor axis · neutral axis · optic axis · parataxis · phyllotaxis · polar axis · principal axis · sparaxis · stylostixis · synaxis · syntexis · the Axis · x-axis · y-axis · z-axis

Synonyms and antonyms of anatexis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anatexis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANATEXIS

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The translations of anatexis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anatexis» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

深熔作用
1,325 millions of speakers
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anatexis
570 millions of speakers
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anatexis
510 millions of speakers
hi

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anatexis
380 millions of speakers
ar

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anatexis
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

анатексис
278 millions of speakers
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anatexia
270 millions of speakers
bn

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anatexis
260 millions of speakers
fr

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anatexie
220 millions of speakers
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Anatoksis
190 millions of speakers
de

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Anatexis
180 millions of speakers
ja

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アナテクシス
130 millions of speakers
ko

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anatexis
85 millions of speakers
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Anatoksis
85 millions of speakers
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anatexis
80 millions of speakers
ta

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anatexis
75 millions of speakers
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एटॅक्सिस
75 millions of speakers
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anateksi
70 millions of speakers
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anatessi
65 millions of speakers
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anatexis
50 millions of speakers
uk

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анатексіс
40 millions of speakers
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anatexis
30 millions of speakers
el

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anatexis
15 millions of speakers
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anatexis
14 millions of speakers
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anatexis
10 millions of speakers
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anatexis
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Trends of use of anatexis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANATEXIS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anatexis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANATEXIS»

Discover the use of anatexis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anatexis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
High-Temperature Metamorphism and Crustal Anatexis
This second volume in the new series produced by the Mineralogical Society is concerned with the study of rocks from the deep continental crust.
J.R. Ashworth, M. Brown, 1990
2
Precambrian Geology and Metamorphic Petrology: Proceedings ...
Finally, according to the experiment for the formation of Liesegang bands and nonlinear dynamics, two mathematical models were proposed to describe metasomatism and anatexis, respectively. We conclude that the migmatites with thermal ...
Qian Xianglin, Zhengdong You, Henry Campbell Halls, 1998
3
Igneous Petrology: Adakite, Agpaitic Rock, Amygdule, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
4
The Structure and Physical Properties of the Earth's Crust
Water saturated granite liquids produced by anatexis in the crust can exist only for a few degrees above the solidus. It appears that the normal product of anatexis is a mush composed of crystals and water undersaturated granite liquid  ...
John G. Heacock, 2013
5
The Role of Fluids in Crustal Processes
Hydrothermal. Systems. Associated. with. Regional. Metamorphism. and. Crustal. Anatexis: Examples. from. the. Pyrenees,. France. omphibolite and granulite facias gneisses •Pi B'otrte - fHlimonite Khist ...
‎1990
6
Frontiers in Geochemistry: Global Inorganic Geochemistry
Water. as. a. Petrologic. Catalyst. Driving. 180/160. Homogenization. and. Anatexis. of. the. Middle. Crust. in. the. Metamorphic. Core. Complexes. of. British. Columbia. Gregory. J. Holk. Department of Geological Sciences and Geological ...
Konrad Bates Krauskopf, Wallace Gary Ernst, 2002
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Atlas of Migmatites
4a), partial melting occurs under the special conditions of lithostatic stress (“static melting”; see section 3.4) only, and melt forms and later crystallizes without segregation from its complementary solid fraction. In this scenario, anatexis occurs in ...
E. W. Sawyer, 2008
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Metamorphism and Crustal Evolution: Papers in Honour of ...
These formed by in situ anatexis and correspond to melt/restite segregations under two different conditions, namely high melt-fraction in the case of the granodiorite, and low melt- fraction in the case of the leucogranites. The leucogranites ...
‎2005
9
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
In some areas, latest Cretaceous plutons are strongly peraluminous two-mica granites that were probably derived entirely by anatexis of ancient crust. Unlike the S-type granites of eastern Australia, the North American peraluminous granites ...
Myron G. Best, 2009
10
The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water
Therefore, we conclude that the granitic magmas that formed the plutons of Hope Granite could have formed by anatexis of the metasedimentary rocks of the Ross orogen which these magmas intruded. The isotopic composition of strontium in ...
Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, 2010
REFERENCE
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