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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metamorphosis \Met`a*mor"pho*sis\, n.; pl. Metamorphoses. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to be transformed; meta` beyond, over + morfh` form.]
Change of form, or structure; transformation.
(Biol.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Transformation.
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(Physiol.) The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.
Vegetable metamorphosis (Bot.), the doctrine that flowers are homologous with leaf buds, and that the floral organs are transformed leaves.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of metamorphosis English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: metamorphose)
WordNet
n. the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals [syn: metabolism]
a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances; "the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting" [syn: transfiguration]
a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
[also: metamorphoses (pl)]
See metamorphosis
Wikipedia
The Metamorphoses (: "Books of Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.
Although meeting the criteria for an epic, the poem defies simple genre classification by its use of varying themes and tones. Ovid took inspiration from the genre of metamorphosis poetry, and some of the Metamorphoses derives from earlier treatment of the same myths; however, he diverged significantly from all of his models.
One of the most influential works in Western culture, the Metamorphoses has inspired such authors as Dante, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Shakespeare. Numerous episodes from the poem have been depicted in acclaimed works of sculpture, painting, and music. Although interest in Ovid faded after the Renaissance, towards the end of the twentieth century there was a resurgence of attention to his work; today, the Metamorphoses continues to inspire and be retold through various media. The work has been the subject of numerous translations into English, the first by William Caxton in 1480.
Métamorphoses is an album by Jean Michel Jarre, released on Sony Music in 2000. It was released in the U.S. on Disques Dreyfus in 2004. It is his tenth overall studio album.
This album was, to fans, a surprising break from his previous works, as it makes extensive use of vocal elements, as well as house, techno, trance, dance-pop, breakbeat, and downtempo sounds. The vocal elements are not short, sampled pieces as highlighted in his album Zoolook, but longer, more integral parts of the work, and thus quite surprising for an artist known for his instrumental works. Métamorphoses is also Jarre's first album to contain actual songs with lyrics. Jarre's own voice is heard through a vocoder in many of the songs, but the album contains several other singers as well, mostly female singers. "Rendez-vous à Paris" features Sharon Corr on violin. "Rendez-vous à Paris" and "Bells" are the only largely instrumental tracks on the album; in the former only the track title is repeated in rhythm, the latter does not have intelligible lyrics. Although the album was generally not badly received by critics, and despite the collaborations and a number of single releases ("C'est la vie" and "Tout est bleu"), Jarre did not achieve great mainstream success with this album.
Métamorphoses is a 2014 French drama film directed by Christophe Honoré and starring Amira Akili, Sébastien Hirel, Damien Chapelle, Mélodie Richard and George Babluani. The film is loosely adapted from the narrative poem of the same name by Roman poet Ovid. It was screened in the Venice Days section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
Metamorphoses is a themed work of poetry composed 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
- Metamorphoses (telenovela), a Brazilian telenovela
- Métamorphoses, 2000 album by Jean-Michel Jarre
- Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, piece for solo oboe by Benjamin Britten
- '' Metamorphosen, a work for 23 solo strings in 1945 by Richard Strauss
- Metamorphoses (film), 1979 anime directed by Sanrio
- Métamorphoses (1946 film), directed by Charles Dekeukeleire
- Métamorphoses (2014 film), directed by Christophe Honoré
Metamorphoses is a play by the American playwright and director Mary Zimmerman, adapted from the classic Ovid poem Metamorphoses. The play premiered in 1996 as Six Myths at Northwestern University and later the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago. The play opened off-Broadway in October 2001 at the Second Stage Theatre. It transferred to Broadway on 21 February 2002 at the Circle in the Square Theatre. That year it won several Tony Awards.
It was revived at the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago on 19 September 2012 and was produced in Washington, DC at the Arena Stage in 2013.
Usage examples of "metamorphoses".
And the forms of the cumuli themselves tell us in manifold metamorphoses of a state of equilibrium between expansive and contractive tendencies within the atmosphere.
All subjective experience is an epiphenomenal consequence of the motions and metamorphoses of matter.
In fact, all the different organs which the plant produces within its life cycle - foliage, calyx, corolla, organs of fertilization, fruit and seed - are metamorphoses of one and the same organ.
As such they represent metamorphoses, in the Goethean sense, of the levity-gravity interaction represented by the optically visible part of the spectrum.
If, however, we let nature herself speak to us, while holding this differentiated concept of levity in mind, she tells us that beyond the three metamorphoses envisaged so far, there must be a fourth.
It's all a whirl of extendible lines of credit, substitution of goods, and metamorphoses of capital.
This was the poet Ovid, the author of the Metamorphoses, and dozens of other earthy, hilarious and bawdy works.
To continue, Ovid had fallen out of favor with Augustus, and he had been banned, but men like my Father were not about to burn their copies of the Metamorphoses, or any other of Ovid's work, and the only reason they didn’t plead for Ovid's pardon was fear.