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Definition of Pluton
1. Noun. Large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.
Specialized synonyms: Granite
Generic synonyms: Igneous Rock
Derivative terms: Batholitic, Batholithic, Plutonic
Definition of Pluton
1. Noun. (minerology) A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pluton
1. a formation of igneous rock [n -S] : PLUTONIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pluton
Literary usage of Pluton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"They are situated in the ravine of pluton river, as it is called, a trickling
affluent of Sulphur creek, a small tributary of Russian river, ..."
2. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"This organism has never been cultivated, but sections of larvae in various stages
of the disease show B. pluton to be the first invader of healthy larvae. ..."
3. An Introduction to the Most Useful European Languages ..: Select Passages by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1772)
"... et admet d' abord dans fa barque le jeune Grec. Platon fur fon T'róne,
DESCRIPTION tirée du Telemaque. pLUTON étoit fur fon •*• trône ..."
4. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Within twenty minutes, the pluton went down in deep water and the Furor was
beached and ... Wide to the westward El pluton plunges; At her with rapiers now ..."
5. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"They are situated in the ravine of pluton river, as it is called, a trickling
affluent of Sulphur creek, a small tributary of Russian river, ..."
6. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"This organism has never been cultivated, but sections of larvae in various stages
of the disease show B. pluton to be the first invader of healthy larvae. ..."
7. An Introduction to the Most Useful European Languages ..: Select Passages by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1772)
"... et admet d' abord dans fa barque le jeune Grec. Platon fur fon T'róne,
DESCRIPTION tirée du Telemaque. pLUTON étoit fur fon •*• trône ..."
8. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Within twenty minutes, the pluton went down in deep water and the Furor was
beached and ... Wide to the westward El pluton plunges; At her with rapiers now ..."
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