Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metamorphic"
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) 1.7 (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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