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plutonic

[ ploo-ton-ik ]

adjective

Geology.
  1. noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.


plutonic

/ ±è±ô³ÜËˈ³ÙÉ’²Ôɪ°ì /

adjective

  1. (of igneous rocks) derived from magma that has cooled and solidified below the surface of the earth Alsoabyssal
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plutonic1

1790–1800; < Latin ±Ê±ôÅ«³ÙŲÔ- (stem of ±Ê±ôÅ«³ÙÅ Pluto < Greek ±Ê±ô´Çú³ÙÅ²Ô ) + -ic; originally referring to the Plutonic theory ( plutonism )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plutonic1

C20: named after Pluto 1
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However, Page Six reports that the duo’s relationship is plutonic and not romantic.

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A little examination of the material should tell, to even the novice, whether or not the substance is of plutonic origin.

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The first of these divisions represents the plutonic, intrusive or subsequent phase of eruptivity; the second marks the volcanic, interstratified or contemporaneous phase.

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Mounting high right ahead of us at last was a mass of granite boulders, with broad smooth surfaces, having the structure of gigantic masonry in ruin which weathered plutonic rock so often assumes.

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The eruption of these plutonic masses appears therefore to fall in a time when the formation of the marine deposits was partially completed, partially still in progress.

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