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Definition of Plutonism
1. n. The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth\'b6s crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposed to the Neptunian theory.
Definition of Plutonism
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Medical Definition of Plutonism
1. The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth's crust were formed by igneous fusion; opposed to the Neptunian theory. Origin: Cf. F. Plutonisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plutonism
Literary usage of Plutonism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist by Natural History Society of Montreal (1858)
"... that it was the opposite of plutonism. In a positive sense it partook no more of
... it deviated from these still more widely than plutonism itself did. ..."
2. The Earth, Plants, and Man: Popular Pictures of Nature by Joakim Frederik Schouw, Franz von Kobell, Arthur Henfrey (1852)
"plutonism, with the theory of elevation, inverts the succession in age of the
rocks which was assumed in ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1811)
"Til E maid of Rtir.norc is a lively and good natured satire on plutonism and
platonic love, and ridicules in easy numbers the Rosicrucian machinery. ..."
4. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1879)
"... made in their lithology, paleontology, and stratigraphy; while the question
of their origin brings up in new forms the old questions of plutonism and ..."
5. History of the Old Covenant by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1859)
"... that more especially the crystalline stones owe their origin to igneous
fusion (plutonism), and that the strata afterwards deposited by aqueous agency ..."
6. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist by Natural History Society of Montreal (1858)
"... that it was the opposite of plutonism. In a positive sense it partook no more of
... it deviated from these still more widely than plutonism itself did. ..."
7. The Earth, Plants, and Man: Popular Pictures of Nature by Joakim Frederik Schouw, Franz von Kobell, Arthur Henfrey (1852)
"plutonism, with the theory of elevation, inverts the succession in age of the
rocks which was assumed in ..."
8. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1811)
"Til E maid of Rtir.norc is a lively and good natured satire on plutonism and
platonic love, and ridicules in easy numbers the Rosicrucian machinery. ..."
9. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1879)
"... made in their lithology, paleontology, and stratigraphy; while the question
of their origin brings up in new forms the old questions of plutonism and ..."
10. History of the Old Covenant by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1859)
"... that more especially the crystalline stones owe their origin to igneous
fusion (plutonism), and that the strata afterwards deposited by aqueous agency ..."
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