metamorphic rock
metamorphic rock · metamorphic rocks
метаморфічні гірські породи
метаморфическая порода
metamorphes Gestein, Metamorphit
One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the EarthOne of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface.
metamorphes Gestein, Metamorphit
метамо́рфи́ческая поро́даmetamórfíčeskaja poróda
метаморфічні гірські породиmetamorfični hirsʹki porody
More definitions
- rock altered by pressure and heat
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth:
Русский
By meaning 1
one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth:
Forms
plural: metamorphic rocks| Singular | metamorphic rock |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable