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Definition: Massive rock
massive
\mass"ive\ (m[.a]s"[i^]v), a. [F. massif.]
1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted;
weighty; heavy; massy.
“Massive armor.” --Dr. H. More.
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2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline
structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral
occurs massive.
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Massive rock (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not
distinctly schistose, as granite; also, with some authors,
an eruptive rock.
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