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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In geology, that variety of metamorphism which takes place below the zone in which cavities may exist. It results in the production of new minerals under conditions of great pressure.
  • noun Same as anamorphosis, 2 and 3.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A distorted image.
  • noun (Biol.) A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending.

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  • noun computer science a generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras

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  • noun metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals
  • noun a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner
  • noun the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes

Etymologies

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ana- +‎ morphism

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