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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'metamorphic' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions metamorphic noun  (mineralogy) A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure. adjective  (geology) Having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat &/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example). Etymology: From metamorphosisLatin, metamorphÅsis, ultimately from meta-+ (morphos) 'form'.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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