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Word: metamorphic
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- geology 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).
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Noun:
- mineralogy A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.
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