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metamorphic

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  1. 1. a. Subject to change; changeable; variable. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Causing a change of structure. Source: opted
  3. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks) Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance Source: wordnet
  6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 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. Source: adambom
  8. 8. j:100 a. of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks) a. characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance Source: ecdict

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