metamorphic
adj.
pertaining to change of form, pertaining to metamorphism; exhibiting structural change in form (Geology)
Metamorphic
metamorphic
Adjective
1. of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks); "metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish"
(synonym) metamorphous
(pertainym) metamorphosis, metabolism
2. characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance
(antonym) nonmetamorphic
(similar) epimorphic
Metamorphic
(a.)
Subject to change; changeable; variable.
(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.
(a.)
Causing a change of structure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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