intrusive
adjective
- intruding or tending to intrude
- Geol. designating or of igneous rock formed from magma that hardened while still within the earth, moon, etc.
- Phonet. present or added in speech although not represented originally in spelling or accounted for otherwise etymologically (Ex.: the d added to OE spinel to form spindle)
See intrusive in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭn-tro͞oˈsĭv, -zĭv)
adjective- Intruding or tending to intrude.
- Geology Of or relating to igneous rock that is forced while molten into cracks or between other layers of rock.
- Linguistics Epenthetic.
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