Rock-cycle
noun
1.
Geology. a continuous process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another, destroyed, and then formed again.
noun
1.
another name for geological cycle
noun
the process by which rocks are formed, altered, destroyed, and reformed by geological processes and which is recurrent, returning to a starting point
Usage Note
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