About The Word Metamorphic
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Metamorphic
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What's The Definition Of Metamorphic?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Metamorphic: changed | epimorphic | hemimetabolic | hemimetabolous | hemimetamorphic | hemimetamorphous | heterometabolic | heterometabolous | holometabolic | holometabolous | metamorphous | metamorphous Related Terms | Find terms related to Metamorphic: able to adapt | adaptable | adjustable | allotropic | alterable | alterative | anabolic | catabolic | catalytic | changeable | checkered | diversiform | ever-changing | flexible | fluid | heteromorphic | heteromorphous | impermanent | kaleidoscopic | malleable | manifold | many-sided | metabolic | metamorphotic | metastatic | mobile | modifiable | movable | multifarious | multifold | multiform | multiphase | multiple | multiplex | mutable | nonuniform | permutable | plastic | polymorphic | polymorphous | protean | proteiform | resilient | rubbery | supple | transient | transitory | variable See Also | Metamorphic In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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