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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: plutonic
plutonic
adj : of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's
surface; granite or diorite or gabbro [syn:
irruptive,
eruptive]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Plutonic
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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