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[syn: irruptive, plutonic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plutonic
adj 1: of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's
surface; granite or diorite or gabbro [syn: irruptive,
plutonic]