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endomorphism

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en⋅do⋅mor⋅phism

  [en-doh-mawr-fiz-uhm, -duh]
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–noun
1. Petrology. a change brought about within the mass of an intrusive igneous rock.
2. Mathematics. a homomorphism of a set into itself.
Origin:
1950–55; endomorph(ic) + -ism
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en·do·mor·phism   (ěn'də-môr'fĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. A change within an intrusive igneous rock caused by the assimilation of portions of the surrounding rock.

  2. A homomorphism that maps a mathematical system into itself.

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