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発音

• IPA: /ˌmɛt.əˈmɔɹ.fɪk/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk

形容詞

metamorphic (not comparable)

1. Characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character. [from 19th c.]
   • 1986, Brad Johnson, “Coming of Age”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 19:

     That heaven in our mind that seeks to reveal itself to us in all its brilliance during the multitudinous writhings of whatever metamorphic pilgrimage we must make during this era of darkness and human folly.

2. (geology) Pertaining to metamorphism; 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). [from 19th c.]
   • 1981 April, Michael R. Kelsey, “Asia”, in Climbers and Hikers Guide to the World's Mountains (Including 318 Maps)‎, 1st edition, Springville, Utah: Kelsey Publishing Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 258:

     Yu Shan or Jade Mountain, 3997 meters, is the highest mountain in Taiwan and all of east Asia. It is built of metamorphic rock, as are all the mountains in Taiwan.

3. (zoology) Pertaining to metamorphosis. [from 19th c.]
4. Of or relating to the Metamorphic Technique, a form of massage influenced by reflexology.

等位語

• (geology, types of rocks) igneous, sedimentary

派生語

関連する語

• metamorphism

名詞

metamorphic (plural metamorphics)

1. (mineralogy) A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.

関連する語

• orthometamorphic
• parametamorphic