Found 2 hits - Term: igneous, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
igneous \ig"neous\, a. l. igneus, fr. ignis fire; allied to
skr. agni, lith. ugnis, oslav. ogne.
1. pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing
fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.
1913 webster
2. geol. resulting from, or produced by, the action of
fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
igneous
adj 1: produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous
rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten
state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion
is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata" syn: pyrogenic,
pyrogenous
2: like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery
desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere" syn: fiery
see also:
pyrogenic pyrogenous fiery
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