metamorphoses (pl от metamorphosis)

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• Metamorphoses (play) — Metamorphoses Written by Mary Zimmerman Characters Myrrha Midas Hermes Phaeton Aphrodite Erysichthon Alcyone King C …   Wikipedia

• Metamorphosis (disambiguation) — Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth. Metamorphosis may also refer to: Metamorphism, a geological process Metamorphosis (illusion), a stage illusion invented by John Nevil Maskelyne… …   Wikipedia

• Metamorphoses — Metamorphosis Met a*mor pho*sis, n.; pl. {Metamorphoses}. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to be transformed; meta beyond, over + morfh form.] [1913 Webster] 1. Change of form, or structure; transformation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) A change in the form or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Metamorphoses (disambiguation) — Metamorphoses is a poem by Ovid. Metamorphoses can also refer to: Literature The Golden Ass, by Lucius Apuleius Metamorphoses (play), by Mary Zimmerman based on Ovid s work Metamorphoses, by Antoninus Liberalis Telenovela Metamorphoses… …   Wikipedia

• Metamorphosis — Met a*mor pho*sis, n.; pl. {Metamorphoses}. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to be transformed; meta beyond, over + morfh form.] [1913 Webster] 1. Change of form, or structure; transformation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) A change in the form or function of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Metamorphosis-Symphonies — is the collective name for three symphonies by German composer, Martin Scherber. The first was composed before the outbreak of World War II in Nuremberg. After the war Scherber continued his musical path with the Second Symphony in f minor and… …   Wikipedia

• metamorphosis — (n.) 1530s, change of form or shape, especially by witchcraft, from L. metamorphosis, from Gk. metamorphosis a transforming, a transformation, from metamorphoun to transform, to be transfigured, from meta change (see META (Cf. meta )) + morphe… …   Etymology dictionary

• metamorphosis — [met΄əmôr′fə sis, met΄əmôr fō′sis] n. pl. metamorphoses [met΄ə môr′fəsēz΄, met΄ə môr fōsēz΄] [L < Gr metamorphōsis < metamorphoun, to transform, transfigure < meta, over (see META ) + morphē, form, shape] 1. a) change of form, shape,… …   English World dictionary

• metamorphosis — ► NOUN (pl. metamorphoses) 1) the transformation of an insect or amphibian from an immature form or larva to an adult form in distinct stages. 2) a change in form or nature. ORIGIN Greek, from metamorphoun transform, change shape …   English terms dictionary

• Metamorphoses — This article is about the poem. For other uses, see Metamorphoses (disambiguation). Cover of George Sandys s 1632 edition of Ovid s Metamorphosis Englished Metamorphoses (from Greek μετά meta and μορφή morphē, meaning changes of shape ) is a …   Wikipedia

• Metamorphosis — This article is about the biological process. For other uses, see Metamorphosis (disambiguation). A dragonfly in its final moult, undergoing metamorphosis from its nymph form to an adult. Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal… …   Wikipedia