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Definition of Metamorphic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks). "Marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish"
2. Adjective. Characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance.
Derivative terms: Metamorphosis
Antonyms: Nonmetamorphic
Definition of Metamorphic
1. a. Subject to change; changeable; variable.
Definition of Metamorphic
1. Adjective. (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). ¹
2. Noun. (minerology) A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metamorphic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Metamorphic
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1. Subject to change; changeable; variable.
2. Causing a change of structure.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Metamorphic
Literary usage of Metamorphic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"ON THE DIFFERENT AGES OF THE metamorphic ROCKS. Age of each set of metamorphic
strata twofold—Test of age by fossils and mineral character not available ..."
2. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"ACCORDING to the theory adopted in the last chapter, the age of each set of
metamorphic strata is twofold, — they have been deposited at one period, ..."
3. A Text-book of Geology for Use in Universities: Colleges, Schools of Science by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1920)
"From this we learn that the metamorphic rocks arc closely allied to both of the
other ... The change may be so great that the metamorphic product bears no ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"A comparison of the Lower Silurian series in the west of Ireland with the
metamorphic group of the same region and Donegal shows so strong a resemblance ..."
5. Elements of Geology by Charles Lyell (1839)
"Different Ages of metamorphic Rocks. mainland; 2dly, The abrupt truncation of
dikes, such as those at d (Fig. 293.), cut off on the surface of the granite; ..."
6. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"metamorphic ROCKS evidence of shearing; flow-like curves of the banding, ...
Original Depth of metamorphic Rocks.—A rock which has characteristics due to ..."
7. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1891)
"For this reason they are called metamorphic rocks. Position.—All the lowest and
oldest rocks ... metamorphic rocks are found of all ages up to the Tertiary. ..."
8. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"ON THE DIFFERENT AGES OF THE metamorphic ROCKS. Age of each set of metamorphic
strata twofold—Test of age by fossils and mineral character not available ..."
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