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Definition: PLUTONIC ROCKS |
PLUTONIC ROCKS1. (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 . |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | Igneous rocks occurring in general in large rock masses formed at considerable depths within earth's crust. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | Denoting igneous rocks that have been injected into the earth's crust and have solidified beneath the earth's surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Plutonic Rocks Granites, and certain porphyries, supposed to be of igneous, but not of volcanic, origin. So called by Lyell from Pluto, the principle of elemental fire. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: PLUTONIC ROCKS |
| English words defined with "PLUTONIC ROCKS": ilmenite, Intrusive rocks ♦ rutile. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PLUTONIC ROCKS": deep-seated rocks ♦ extrusive rocks ♦ foyaite ♦ island arc, island chain ♦ magmatic arc ♦ rapakivi ♦ volcanic arc. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PLUTONIC ROCKS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | plutonit (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), plutoniske bjergarter (abyssal rocks, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), intrusionsbjergarter (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), dybbjergarter (abyssal rocks, deep-seated rocks, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites). (various references) | |
Dutch | plutonische gesteenten (abyssal rocks, deep-seated rocks, plutonites), plutonieten (abyssal rocks, plutonites), intrusiegesteenten (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), dieptegesteenten (abyssal rocks, plutonites). (various references) | |
Finnish | plutoninen kivi (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), plutoniitti (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), syväkivilaji (deep-seated rocks, grained rock, granulated rock, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonic rock, plutonite, plutonites), syväkivi (deep-seated rocks, grained rock, granulated rock, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonic rock, plutonite, plutonites). (various references) | |
French | roches plutoniques (plutonites), roches intrusives (plutonites), roches abyssiques (plutonites), roches abyssales (plutonites). (various references) | |
German | Plutonite (abyssal rocks, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), plutonische Gesteine (abyssal rocks, plutonites), Tiefengesteine (abyssal rocks, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), Intrusivgesteine (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), abyssische Gesteine (abyssal rocks, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites). (various references) | |
Greek | πλουτώνεια πετρώματα (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), πλουτωνíτες (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), ενδογενή πετρώματα (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites). (various references) | |
Italian | plutoniti (abyssal rocks, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), rocce soggiacenti (abyssal rocks, plutonites), rocce plutoniche (deep-seated rocks, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), rocce intrusive (abyssal rocks, injected intrusives, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | utonicplay ocksray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rochas plutónicas (deep-seated rocks, grained rock, granulated rock, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonic rock, plutonite, plutonites), rochas intrusivas (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites). (various references) | |
Spanish | rocas plutónicas (intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), rocas intrusivas (injected intrusives, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites). (various references) | |
Swedish | intrusivbergart (injected intrusives, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites), intrusiv bergart (injected intrusives, intrusion rocks, intrusive rocks, plutonites). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-i-k-l-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: cuckoopints. | |
-3 letters: councilors, cuckoopint. | |
-4 letters: conscript, consultor, councilor, locutions, occlusion, pinkroots, pliotrons, princocks, proconsul, prolusion. | |
-5 letters: cockpits, cockspur, coconuts, colonics, colonist, colorist, contours, controls, copilots, cornutos, cortisol, coscript, couloirs, councils, croutons, culprits, kilotons, linocuts, linstock, locknuts, lockouts, locution, lopstick, nutpicks, occiputs, orcinols, outcrops, outrocks, outscorn, outslick, piccolos, pinkroot, pliotron, plutonic, porticos, portions, positron, potlucks. | |
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