chéng​yán​zuò​yòng

diagenesis

  • created sense approved 成岩作用 · chéng​yán​zuò​yòng · diagenesis — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    成岩作用

    chéng​yán​zuò​yòng

    diagenesis

    The physical and chemical changes that occur as loose sediment is turned into solid rock, caused by factors such as temperature, pressure, groundwater, or biological activity.

    成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to become 岩 (literal) → 岩 · yán · rock 作用 (literal) → 作用 · zuò​yòng · function

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense