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Webster 1913 Edition


Hydrothermal

Hyˊdro-ther′mal

,
Adj.
[
Hydro-
, 1 +
thermal
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to hot water; – used esp. with reference to the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, and otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe.