metamorphic
adjective
meta·mor·phic
ˌme-tə-ˈmȯr-fik 
1
: of or relating to metamorphosis
2
of a rock
: of, relating to, or produced by metamorphism
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Unfortunately, most of these rocks are igneous, or in the case of the Acasta Gneiss, metamorphic, meaning that fossils are never or only very rarely preserved.
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Big Think, 17 June 2024
One thing about the PVP that delights Coffey is that it is composed of all three kinds of rock — sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Swift is asking us to read the album as a metamorphic bid for catharsis—the idea, espoused by Aristotle (whom Swift name-checks on TTPD), that staging pain and tragedy as artistic spectacles can help purge us of their effects.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2024
These minerals are found in metamorphic rocks– rocks transformed by heat, pressure or both.
—Matthew J. Kohn, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
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Big Think, 17 June 2024
One thing about the PVP that delights Coffey is that it is composed of all three kinds of rock — sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Swift is asking us to read the album as a metamorphic bid for catharsis—the idea, espoused by Aristotle (whom Swift name-checks on TTPD), that staging pain and tragedy as artistic spectacles can help purge us of their effects.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2024
These minerals are found in metamorphic rocks– rocks transformed by heat, pressure or both.
—Matthew J. Kohn, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
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metamorphic
adjective
meta·mor·phic
ˌmet-ə-ˈmȯr-fik
: changed into a more compact form by the action of pressure, heat, and water
a metamorphic rock
compare igneous, sedimentary sense 2
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metamorphic
adjective
meta·mor·phic
ˌmet-ə-ˈmȯr-fik
: of or relating to metamorphosis
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