Metamorphic

[metə'mɔːfɪk] or ['mɛtə'mɔrfɪk]

Definition

(adj.) characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance .

(adj.) of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks); 'metamorphic stage'; 'marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish' .

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Definition

(a.) Subject to change; changeable; variable.

(a.) Causing a change of structure.

(a.) 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.

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Definition

adj. subject to change of form: (geol.) applied to the alteration undergone by rocks under heat pressure &c. so that they assume a crystalline or semi-crystalline structure.—ns. Metamor′phism state or quality of being metamorphic; Metamor′phist one who believes that the body of Christ merged into the Deity when He ascended.—v.t. Metamor′phose to transform.—n. Metamor′phosis change of shape transformation: the frequent transformation of human beings to beasts stones trees &c.—an essential part of folklore everywhere: the marked change which some living beings undergo in the course of their growth as caterpillar to insect tadpole to frog &c.:—pl. Metamor′phoses.

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