Found 2 hits - Term: plutonic, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
plutonic \pluton"ic\, a. cf. f. plutonique. see pluto.
1. of or pertaining to pluto; plutonian; hence, pertaining to
the interior of the earth; subterranean.
1913 webster
2. of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the
plutonists; igneous; as, the plutonic theory.
1913 webster
plutonic action geol., the influence of volcanic heat and
other subterranean forces under pressure.
plutonic rocks geol., granite, porphyry, and some other
igneous rocks, supposed to have consolidated from a melted
state at a great depth from the surface. cf. intrusive
rocks, under intrusive.
plutonic theory. geol. see plutonism.
1913 webster
see also:
pluto plutonic action plutonic rocks intrusive rocks intrusive plutonic theory
plutonism
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
plutonic
adj : of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's
surface; granite or diorite or gabbro syn: irruptive,
eruptive
see also:
irruptive eruptive
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