metamorphic

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English

Etymology

From metamorphosis +‎ -ic.

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Adjective

metamorphic (not comparable)

  1. Characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character.
  2. (geology) Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example).
    • 1981 April, Michael R. Kelsey, “Asia”, in Climbers and Hikers Guide to the World's Mountains (Including 318 Maps)‎, 1st edition, Springville, Utah: Kelsey Publishing Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 258:
      Yu Shan or Jade Mountain, 3997 meters, is the highest mountain in Taiwan and all of east Asia. It is built of metamorphic rock, as are all the mountains in Taiwan.
  3. (zoology) Pertaining to metamorphosis.
  4. Of or relating to the Metamorphic Technique, a form of massage influenced by reflexology.

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Noun

metamorphic (plural metamorphics)

  1. (mineralogy) A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.
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