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接触変成帯 (せっしょくへんせいたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

接せっ触しょく変へん成せい帯たい

Meanings

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noun

contact metamorphic aureole; contact aureole

Technical term in geology for the zone of altered rock surrounding an igneous intrusion.

花か崗こう岩がんの周しゅう囲いには接せっ触しょく変へん成せい帯たいが形けい成せいされることがある。
A contact metamorphic aureole can form around a granite intrusion.

Kanji

接touch, contact, adjoin
触contact, touch, feel
変unusual, change, strange
成

turn into, become, get

帯sash, belt, obi

Etymology

Compound of 接触 (contact) + 変成 (metamorphism) + 帯 (zone/belt). The term is a direct calque from English 'contact metamorphic zone'.