Definition of Intrusion

1. Noun. Any entry into an area not previously occupied. "An invasion of locusts"

Exact synonyms: Encroachment, Invasion
Generic synonyms: Entering, Entrance
Derivative terms: Encroach, Invade, Invade

2. Noun. Entrance by force or without permission or welcome.
Generic synonyms: Entering, Entrance, Entry, Incoming, Ingress

3. Noun. The forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation.

4. Noun. Rock produced by an intrusive process.
Generic synonyms: Rock, Stone

5. Noun. Entry to another's property without right or permission.
Exact synonyms: Encroachment, Trespass, Usurpation, Violation
Generic synonyms: Actus Reus, Misconduct, Wrongdoing, Wrongful Conduct
Specialized synonyms: Inroad
Derivative terms: Encroach, Intrude, Intrude, Trespass, Violate

Definition of Intrusion

1. n. The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment.

Definition of Intrusion

1. Noun. The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intrusion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Intrusion

1. Movement of a tooth back into the bone. (08 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intrusion

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Literary usage of Intrusion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"That the necessity for the exclusion of water be realized, the effects of water intrusion, a description of methods of prevention, and a discussion of ..."

2. A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, the Forms of Actions, and on Pleading by Joseph Chitty (1831)
"PROCEEDINGS IN intrusion. The king, to the sheriff of the county of Devon, greet- writ of intrusion ing:—Command Thomasin Baker, that justly, ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"The 8th section enacts, that on trials of indictments for such intrusion, proof that the person indicted entered into, intruded, settled on, ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"THE NON-intrusion QUESTION. THE Church Question in Scotland has never yet been ... The contest between the fanatical or Non-intrusion party of the Scottish ..."

5. The Student's Manual of Geology by Joseph Beete Jukes (1872)
"Connection between intrusion of Igneous Bocks and Production of Faults.—The intrusion of igneous rock may in some instances increase the amount of ..."

6. Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1908)
"TEH object of this paper is to show how igneous intrusion is governed by definite ... The modification of rock-stresses by intrusion is then considered and ..."

7. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"Difficulty in ascertaining the precise nge of a plutonic rock—Test of age by relative position—Test by intrusion and alteration—Test by mineral composition ..."

8. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"That the necessity for the exclusion of water be realized, the effects of water intrusion, a description of methods of prevention, and a discussion of ..."

9. A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, the Forms of Actions, and on Pleading by Joseph Chitty (1831)
"PROCEEDINGS IN intrusion. The king, to the sheriff of the county of Devon, greet- writ of intrusion ing:—Command Thomasin Baker, that justly, ..."

10. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"The 8th section enacts, that on trials of indictments for such intrusion, proof that the person indicted entered into, intruded, settled on, ..."

11. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"THE NON-intrusion QUESTION. THE Church Question in Scotland has never yet been ... The contest between the fanatical or Non-intrusion party of the Scottish ..."

12. The Student's Manual of Geology by Joseph Beete Jukes (1872)
"Connection between intrusion of Igneous Bocks and Production of Faults.—The intrusion of igneous rock may in some instances increase the amount of ..."

13. Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1908)
"TEH object of this paper is to show how igneous intrusion is governed by definite ... The modification of rock-stresses by intrusion is then considered and ..."

14. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"Difficulty in ascertaining the precise nge of a plutonic rock—Test of age by relative position—Test by intrusion and alteration—Test by mineral composition ..."

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