METAMORPHICALLY

Etymology

Adverb

metamorphically (not comparable)

In a metamorphic manner.

Source: Wiktionary


METAMORPHIC

Met`a*mor"phic, a. Etym: [See Metamorphosis.]

1. Subject to change; changeable; variable.

2. Causing a change of structure.

3. (Geol.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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