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plutonic rocks
(gcide) | Intrusive \In*tru"sive\, a.
Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without
right or welcome.
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Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced,
while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities or
between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is
sometimes used as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is
then contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks. --
In*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In*tru"sive*ness, n.
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Plutonic rocks
(gcide) | Plutonic \Plu*ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. plutonique. See Pluto.]
1. Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to
the interior of the earth; subterranean.
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2. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the
Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory.
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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.
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Plutonic rocks
(gcide) | Intrusive \In*tru"sive\, a.
Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without
right or welcome.
[1913 Webster]
Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced,
while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities or
between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is
sometimes used as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is
then contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks. --
In*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In*tru"sive*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]Plutonic \Plu*ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. plutonique. See Pluto.]
1. Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to
the interior of the earth; subterranean.
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2. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the
Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory.
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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.
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