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Webster 1913 Edition


Metamorphic

Metˊa-mor′phic

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Adj.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Metamorphic

METAMORPH'IC


Definition 2024


metamorphic

metamorphic

English

Adjective

metamorphic

  1. (geology) 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).
  2. Of or relating to the Metamorphic Technique, a form of massage influenced by reflexology.

Translations

Noun

metamorphic (plural metamorphics)

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

Related terms

  • orthometamorphic
  • parametamorphic