slovo | definícia |
metamorphic (encz) | metamorphic,metamorfický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
metamorphic (encz) | metamorphic,metamorfní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Metamorphic (gcide) | Metamorphic \Met`a*mor"phic\, a. [See Metamorphosis.]
1. Subject to change; changeable; variable.
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2. Causing a change of structure.
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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.
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metamorphic (wn) | metamorphic
adj 1: of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks);
"metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that
takes a high polish" [syn: metamorphic, metamorphous]
2: characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or
substance [ant: nonmetamorphic] |
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hemimetamorphic (encz) | hemimetamorphic, adj: |
metamorphic rock (encz) | metamorphic rock, n: |
nonmetamorphic (encz) | nonmetamorphic, adj: |
Metamorphic (gcide) | Metamorphic \Met`a*mor"phic\, a. [See Metamorphosis.]
1. Subject to change; changeable; variable.
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2. Causing a change of structure.
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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.
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nonmetamorphic (gcide) | nonmetamorphic \nonmetamorphic\ adj.
1. not metamorphic. Opposite of metamorphic. [Narrower
terms: ametabolic metamorphosis)]
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2. (Geol.) not produced by metamorphosis. metamorphic
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hemimetamorphic (wn) | hemimetamorphic
adj 1: (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete
metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the
adult [syn: hemimetabolous, hemimetabolic,
hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic] |
metamorphic rock (wn) | metamorphic rock
n 1: rock altered by pressure and heat |
nonmetamorphic (wn) | nonmetamorphic
adj 1: not metamorphic [ant: metamorphic] |
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