Found 2 items, similar to metamorphic.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: metamorphic metamorphic adj 1: of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks); “metamorphic stage”; “marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish” [syn: metamorphous] 2: characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance [ant: nonmetamorphic]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Metamorphic Metamorphic \Met`a*mor"phic\, a. [See Metamorphosis.] 1. Subject to change; changeable; variable. [1913 Webster] 2. Causing a change of structure. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]