Значение

значений: 3
  1. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The process by which rocks are changed into other forms by the application of heat and/or pressure.

  2. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The process by which insects develop through life stages, for example, those of embryo, larva, pupa and imago. The life cycle of the butterfly is one of complete metamorphosis, in which the embryo grows within the egg, hatches into the larval stage caterpillar, enters the pupal stage within its chrysalis, and finally emerges as an adult butterfly imago.

  3. (шире, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Any dramatic change from one thing to another

Ещё определения
  • change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances

Происхождение

From metamorphosis + -ism, after French métamorphisme.

From metamorphosis + -ism, after French métamorphisme.

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Формы

мн. число: metamorphisms
Ед. числоmetamorphism
Мн. числоmetamorphisms

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связанных слов: 9

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