Plutonic Definition

plo͝o-tŏnĭk
adjective
Of deep igneous or magmatic origin.
Plutonic rocks.
American Heritage

Plutonian.

Webster's New World
Formed at great depth by intense heat and pressure: said of rock, esp. intrusive igneous rock, that is typically coarsegrained and granitelike.
Webster's New World

Plutonian; relating to the god Pluto or to the underworld.

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Origin of Plutonic

  • From French plutonique (“of or pertaining to Pluto, the underworld, interior of the earth")

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin Plūtō Plūtōn- Pluto Pluto

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Plutonic Sentence Examples

  • But why was a Plutonic Serapis selected rather than another god to furnish the Egyptian element to the chief divinity of Alexandria?

  • They are, first, plutonic rocks, especially granite; secondly, volcanic rocks, chiefly trachyte and dolerite; and thirdly, palaeozoic schists.

  • Granite, diorite and other plutonic rocks hem in the winding upper valleys of the Kisogawa, the Saigawa (Shinano river) and many other rivers of this province, their clear water running over granite.

  • In the neighbourhood of intrusive granites and similar plutonic igneous rocks, slates undergo "contact alteration," and great changes ensue in their appearance, structure and mineral composition.

  • Triassic Permian Plutonic Rocks Volcanic Rocks West of a line which runs from Lake Constance to Lago Maggiore the zones already described do not continue with the same simplicity.

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