eruptive Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective producing or characterized by eruptions
- an eruptive disease
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adjective produced by the action of fire or intense heat
igneous.
- rocks formed by igneous agents
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adjective satellite actively spewing out lava
- a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring
WordNet
E*rup"tive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F.Definitions
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Breaking out or bursting forth. The sudden glance Appears far south eruptive through the cloud. Thomson.
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(Med.) Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an .eruptive fever -
(Geol.) Produced by eruption; as, .eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic
E*rup"tive noun
Definitions
(Geol.) An eruptive rock.