• Look up alteration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alteration(s) may refer to: Alteration (music), the use of a neighboring pitch in the chromatic...
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  • Propylitic alteration is the chemical alteration of a rock, caused by iron and magnesium bearing hydrothermal fluids, altering biotite or amphibole within...
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  • Sericitic alteration or sericitization is a process of mineral alteration caused by hydrothermal fluids invading permeable country rock. Plagioclase feldspar...
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  • The Alteration is a 1976 alternate history novel by Kingsley Amis, set in a parallel universe in which the Reformation did not take place. It won the John...
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  • Argillic alteration is hydrothermal alteration[citation needed] of wall rock which introduces clay minerals including kaolinite, smectite and illite....
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  • Mineral alteration refers to the various natural processes that alter a mineral's chemical composition or crystallography. Mineral alteration is essentially...
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  • Phyllic alteration is a hydrothermal alteration zone in a permeable rock that has been affected by circulation of hydrothermal fluids. It is commonly...
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  • The Conodont Alteration Index (CAI) is used to estimate the maximum temperature reached by a sedimentary rock using thermal alteration of conodont fossils...
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    (from the Greek μετά metá "change" and σῶμα sôma "body") is the chemical alteration of a rock by hydrothermal and other fluids. It is traditionally defined...
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    Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or human physical appearance. In its broadest definition it includes...
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    question. Technically the referendum question was a vote on the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) 1967 that would amend section 51(xxvi) and repeal section...
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  • In computing, the File Alteration Monitor, also known as FAM and sgi_fam, provides a subsystem developed by Silicon Graphics for Unix-like operating systems...
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    term also refers to the mechanism of changes: functionally relevant alterations to the genome that do not involve mutation of the nucleotide sequence...
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    level of consciousness can result from a variety of factors, including alterations in the chemical environment of the brain (e.g. exposure to poisons or...
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  • mind alteration or altered mind may refer to: Psychoactive drug, any chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception...
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    Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The...
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  • called an altered state of mind, altered mental status (AMS) or mind alteration, is any condition which is significantly different from a normal waking...
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    events occurred in Aragon during the reign of Philip II are known as the Alterations of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon remained quiet during the first half...
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    Alternation of generations (also known as metagenesis or heterogenesis) is the predominant type of life cycle in plants and algae. In plants both phases...
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  • Charge-induced voltage alteration (CIVA) is a technique which uses a scanning electron microscope to locate open conductors on CMOS integrated circuits...
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    known history; and (iii) An examination of the ramifications of that alteration to history. Occasionally, some types of genre fiction are misidentified...
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  • implied, chord alteration involves changing some of the typical notes. This is usually done on dominant chords, and the four alterations that are commonly...
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  • Laser-assisted device alteration (LADA) is a laser-based timing analysis technique used in the failure analysis of semiconductor devices. The laser is...
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    suggesting that protein isoforms may display functional diversity due to the alteration of functional modules within these regions. Such functional diversity...
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    said that there had been "irregularities during counting and unjustified alteration of election results at polling station and district level". Mondlane later...
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  • Alteration is the debut album by Australian/Indonesian band Altera Enigma, recorded over 2 years and released in January 2006. The emotional and sophisticated...
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    members of the Commonwealth Parliament. Do you approve this proposed alteration? Outcome Not passed. Australia remains a constitutional monarchy Website...
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    deformation or modification, head flattening, or head binding is a form of body alteration in which the skull of a human being is deformed intentionally. It is done...
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  • In geology, igneous differentiation, or magmatic differentiation, is an umbrella term for the various processes by which magmas undergo bulk chemical change...
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  • office of federal senators. Technically it was a vote on the Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) Bill 1906, which after being approved in the referendum...
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