metamorphic

«metamorphic» in Mova's school dictionary: rock that has been changed by great heat and pressure… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (metamorphic)

meaning for a pupil

1) (science) Metamorphic rock is rock that has been changed by great heat and pressure deep underground, without melting. tree →

2) Metamorphic means to do with a big change of form. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography: the three kinds of rock are igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. Examples: limestone changes into marble; mudstone or shale into slate. Phrases: metamorphic rock, the rock cycle.

examples

• Marble is a metamorphic rock made from limestone. tree →
• Slate is metamorphic and splits into thin sheets. tree →
• Metamorphic rocks form deep under mountains. tree →
• We sorted the rocks into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. tree →
• Heat and pressure make metamorphic rock. tree →
• Metamorphic rocks can have bands or stripes. tree →

note

Related: metamorphosis (a big change, like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly). Do not confuse the three rock types: igneous (from melted rock), sedimentary (from layers), metamorphic (changed by heat and pressure).

In the corpora

• All rocks belong to three families: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
• Metamorphic rocks are rocks changed by heat and pressure without melting.
• Metamorphic rock forms when rock is changed by great heat and pressure without melting; marble is limestone changed in this way.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «metamorphic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.