METAMORPHIC
\mˌɛtəmˈɔːfɪk], \mˌɛtəmˈɔːfɪk], \m_ˌɛ_t_ə_m_ˈɔː_f_ɪ_k]\
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Causing a change of structure.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Causing a change of structure.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Subject to change of form: (geol.) applied to rocks, which, though of aqueous origin, have been greatly altered by heat.
By Daniel Lyons
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Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; metamorphosed.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).