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metamorphic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Metamorphic \Met`a*mor"phic\, a. [See {Metamorphosis}.] 1. Subject to change; changeable; variable. 2. Causing a change of structure. 3. (Geol.) Pertaining to produced by or exhibiting, certain changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: metamorphic adj 1: of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks); "metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish" [syn: {metamorphous}] 2: characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance [ant: {nonmetamorphic}]
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