Plutonic

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  • adjective. Of deep igneous or magmatic origin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or relating to Pluto or the regions of fire; subterranean; dark
  • Pertaining to or designating the system of the Plutonists: as, the Plutonic theory.
  • In geology, formed deep below the surface.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous.
  • adjective. the influence of volcanic heat and other subterranean forces under pressure.
  • adjective. granite, porphyry, and some other igneous rocks, supposed to have consolidated from a melted state at a great depth from the surface. Cf. Intrusive rocks, under Intrusive.
  • adjective. See Plutonism.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. An igneous rock that cooled and hardened below the earth's surface.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro
  • Word Usage
    "Most of them want to be my "plutonic" friend but want nothing to do with me in the long term romantic dept."
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