Thesaurus: metamorphic

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1. a. Subject to change; changeable; variable.
2. a. Causing a change of structure.
3. a. 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.
4. adj. of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks)
5. adj. characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance
6. 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.
7. Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain changeswhich minerals or rocks may have undergone since their originaldeposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization whichsedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat andpressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks.
8. j:100 a. of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks) a. characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance