plutonic : Idioms & Phrases

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Plutonic action

  • (Geol.), the influence of volcanic heat and other subterranean forces under pressure.
Webster 1913

plutonic rock

  • noun large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth
    plutonic rock; batholite; pluton; batholith.
WordNet

Plutonic rocks

  • noun large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth
    plutonic rock; batholite; pluton; batholith.
WordNet
  • (Geol.), 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.
Webster 1913

Plutonic theory

  • . (Geol.) See Plutonism.
Webster 1913