metamorphic
Characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character.
Other meanings
Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example).
Pertaining to metamorphosis.
Related words
- antimetamorphic
- epimetamorphic
- holometamorphic
- hypermetamorphic
- nonmetamorphic
- premetamorphic
- prometamorphic
- pyrometamorphic
- ultrametamorphic
- biometamorphic
- metamorphically
- metamorphic code
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