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Princeton's WordNet

  1. irruptive, plutonicadjective

    of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro

Wiktionary

  1. plutonicadjective

    An igneous rock that cooled and hardened below the earth's surface.

  2. Etymology: From plutonique

Wikipedia

  1. plutonic

    Intrusive rock is formed when magma penetrates existing rock, crystallizes, and solidifies underground to form intrusions, such as batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, and volcanic necks.Intrusion is one of the two ways igneous rock can form. The other is extrusion, such as a volcanic eruption or similar event. An intrusion is any body of intrusive igneous rock, formed from magma that cools and solidifies within the crust of the planet. In contrast, an extrusion consists of extrusive rock, formed above the surface of the crust. Some geologists use the term plutonic rock synonymously with intrusive rock, but other geologists subdivide intrusive rock, by crystal size, into coarse-grained plutonic rock (typically formed deeper in the Earth's crust in batholiths or stocks) and medium-grained subvolcanic or hypabyssal rock (typically formed higher in the crust in dikes and sills).

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  1. plutonic

    Plutonic refers to igneous rock that is formed beneath the earth's surface from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. It also describes anything related to the underworld or the Roman God Pluto. The term is derived from the word "Pluto," the ruler of the underworld in ancient mythology. It's often used in geological contexts. For example, a plutonic rock is characterized by slow cooling and the development of large crystals. Granite is an example of a plutonic rock.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Plutonicadjective

    of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean

  2. Plutonicadjective

    of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. plutonique. See Pluto.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of plutonic in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of plutonic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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