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Definition of Plutonic
1. Adjective. Of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro.
Definition of Plutonic
1. a. Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.
Definition of Plutonic
1. Adjective. (minerology) An igneous rock that cooled and hardened below the earth's surface. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plutonic
1. pluton [adj] - See also: pluton
Medical Definition of Plutonic
1.
1. Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.
2. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plutonic
Literary usage of Plutonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"ON THE DIFFERENT AGES OF THE plutonic KOCKS. Difficulty in ascertaining the
precise nge of a plutonic rock—Test of age by relative position—Test by ..."
2. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1857)
"plutonic ROCKS — GRANITE. General aspect of granite—Decomposing into spherical
masses—Rude columnar structure—Analogy and difference of volcanic and ..."
3. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"THE plutonic rocks may be treated of next in order, as they are most nearly allied
... I have described, in the first chapter, these plutonic rocks as the ..."
4. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1854)
"THE plutonic rocks may be treated of next in order, as they are most nearly allied
... I have described, in the first chapter, these plutonic rocks as the ..."
5. Popular Lectures and Addresses by William Thomson Kelvin (1894)
"ON THE ORIGIN AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF plutonic ENERGY. 30. By plutonic action, I mean
any disturbance of underground equilibrium. Volcanoes, earthquakes ..."
6. Elements of Geology by Charles Lyell (1839)
"THE plutonic rocks may be treated of next in order, as they are most nearly allied
... I have described, in the first chapter, these plutonic rocks as the ..."
7. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1866)
"THE plutonic rocks may be treated of next in order, as they are most nearly allied
... I have described, in the first chapter, these plutonic rocks as the ..."
8. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"mon silicates are the chief components of both; and further it is sometimes
possible to find a plutonic rock and a Volcanic rock which are made up of the ..."
9. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"ON THE DIFFERENT AGES OF THE plutonic KOCKS. Difficulty in ascertaining the
precise nge of a plutonic rock—Test of age by relative position—Test by ..."
10. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1857)
"plutonic ROCKS — GRANITE. General aspect of granite—Decomposing into spherical
masses—Rude columnar structure—Analogy and difference of volcanic and ..."
11. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"THE plutonic rocks may be treated of next in order, as they are most nearly allied
... I have described, in the first chapter, these plutonic rocks as the ..."
12. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1854)
"THE plutonic rocks may be treated of next in order, as they are most nearly allied
... I have described, in the first chapter, these plutonic rocks as the ..."
13. Popular Lectures and Addresses by William Thomson Kelvin (1894)
"ON THE ORIGIN AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF plutonic ENERGY. 30. By plutonic action, I mean
any disturbance of underground equilibrium. Volcanoes, earthquakes ..."
14. Elements of Geology by Charles Lyell (1839)
"THE plutonic rocks may be treated of next in order, as they are most nearly allied
... I have described, in the first chapter, these plutonic rocks as the ..."
15. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1866)
"THE plutonic rocks may be treated of next in order, as they are most nearly allied
... I have described, in the first chapter, these plutonic rocks as the ..."
16. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"mon silicates are the chief components of both; and further it is sometimes
possible to find a plutonic rock and a Volcanic rock which are made up of the ..."
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