Usually means: Formed by heat and pressure.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (metamorphic rock)

noun:  (geology) 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
▸ Also see metamorphic_rock


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