nonreplacement
mənt noun
1.
the act of replacing.
2.
a person or thing that replaces another: summer replacements for vacationing staff; a replacement for a broken dish.
3.
Military. a sailor, soldier, or airman assigned to fill a vacancy in a military unit.
4.
Also called metasomatism. Geology. the process of practically simultaneous removal and deposition by which a new mineral grows in the body of an old one.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or process of replacing |
| 2. | a person or thing that replaces another |
| 3. | geology the growth of a mineral within another of different chemical composition by gradual simultaneous deposition and removal |
| 4. | Also called: petrification a process of fossilization by gradual substitution of mineral matter for the original organic matter |
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