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PLUTONIC ROCKS

Definition: PLUTONIC ROCKS

PLUTONIC ROCKS

1. (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 .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Specialty Definition: PLUTONIC ROCKS

DomainDefinition

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PLUTONIC ROCKS

English words defined with "PLUTONIC ROCKS": ilmenite, Intrusive rocksrutile. (references)
Specialty definitions using "PLUTONIC ROCKS": deep-seated rocksextrusive rocksfoyaiteisland arc, island chainmagmatic arcrapakivivolcanic arc. (references)

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Commercial Usage: PLUTONIC ROCKS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Felsic Plutonic Rocks and Associated Mineralization of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (reference)

  • Plutonic rocks and associations in Afghanistan : typology, age, and geodynamic setting (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PLUTONIC ROCKS

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.

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Anagrams: PLUTONIC ROCKS

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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