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hydrothermal definition

hydro·ther·mal (-t̸hʉr′məl)

adjective

having to do with hot water; esp., having to do with the action of hot water in producing minerals and springs or in dissolving, shifting, and otherwise changing the distribution of minerals in the earth's crust

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