| 释义 |
‖ metacrasis|mɛtəˈkreɪsɪs|
[f. meta- + crasis.]
1. Bot. ‘Kinetic metabolism, transmutation of energy’ (Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 1900).
1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 509 The process of metacrasis which produces the duramen.
2. Geol. (See quot.)
1886Bonney in Proc. Geol. Soc. 59 Metacrasis (recombination), denoting changes like the conversion of a mud into a mass of quartz with mica and other silicates. 1893Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iv. viii. 596 note, Metacrasis, denoting such transformations as the conversion of mud into a mass of mica, quartz, and other silicates. |