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# The intricate folding, bending, or twisting-together of laminated sediments on a considerable scale, the laminae being drawn out or compressed in such a manner as to suggest kneading more than simple folding; esp. intraformational contortion. Also, the state of being contorted. <i>AGI</i> 
# A structure produced by contortion. <i>AGI</i>
<br/>Source: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms  
 
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