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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'.
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