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Meanings of metamorphous in English

Of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks)

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Examples for "metamorphic"
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These few examples must suffice of the great class of metamorphic rocks.
The Elements of Geology
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Long sheets of metamorphic rock that have been sheared in two.
Under the dome: a novel
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Eruptive rocks had burst through the chalk, producing interesting metamorphic phenomena.
Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
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So again the making out of cleavage and the foliation of the metamorphic rocks.
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
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In many cases, however, the early history of a metamorphic rock can be deciphered.
The Elements of Geology
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When you launch a programme, it is an organic process.
The Guardian
2
Klüver-Bucy syndrome must be distinguished from symptoms of schizophrenia or affective disorder; its presence suggests an organic process.
Pubmed
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Death was an organic process.
Gravity
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I suspect this is something akin to an organic process, something that Demeter, the goddess of the Earth would know and understand.
Feminist dot com
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The lectures of the second group take up the various aspects of human evolution as a special instance of the general organic process.
The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its Scope
Usage of metamorphous in English
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We rode up precipitous paths edging upon deep chasms between these conical hills, and emerged upon metamorphous rocks and shale mingled in curious irregularity.
Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
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Metamorphous through the time