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Meanings of metamorphous in English

Of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks)

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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
        3
        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
        1
        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
        4
        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
        5
        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