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plutonic

/ploo-ton-ik/US // pluˈtɒn ɪk //UK // (pluːˈtɒnɪk) //

深成岩,深成岩的,深成岩性的,深成岩性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Geology.

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

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Examples

  • The mountain itself bears the most indubitable marks of plutonic origin.

  • Down to a comparatively recent period, it would seem to have been the theatre of plutonic phenomena of an extraordinary character.

  • The name Plutonic or Massive rocks is, however, now almost universally substituted for that of Primary.

  • Igneous rocks in great variety and in all forms incident to an extruded or volcanic and intruded or plutonic origin are present.

  • The intrusion may be essentially laccolitic in character, or it may represent the plutonic basis of a volcano.