| a. | 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. |
| Adj. | 1. | metamorphic - of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks); "metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish" Synonyms: metamorphous |
| 2. | metamorphic - characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance Antonyms: nonmetamorphic - not metamorphic |
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