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Meanings of magmatic rock in inglês

russo
магматическая порода
português
rochas ígneas
espanhol
ígneo
catalão
ígnia
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One of the three main rock types; formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.

        rochas ígneas
        Synonyms
        Examples for "igneous rock"
        Examples for "igneous rock"
        1
        Their gaseous foundation there would be as firm as igneous rock here.
        Ancient and Modern Physics
        2
        It was built on an elevated mass of igneous rock several miles wide.
        Anathem
        3
        Upon the shore he found an out-cropping of brittle, igneous rock.
        The Beasts of Tarzan
        4
        The rock has been derived by dynamic metamorphism from a basic igneous rock.
        The Long Labrador Trail
        5
        Maybe busting up through igneous rock was all in a day's work for them.
        Coalition's End
        1
        Holocrystalline plutonic igneous rocks composed essentially of hornblende are known as hornblendites.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        2
        An interesting and orderly petrological sequence of Tertiary igneous rocks has been determined.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        3
        I hate it when my igneous rocks are even touched.
        The new yorker
        4
        Only igneous rocks provide radioactive clocks, but fossils are almost never found in igneous rock.
        The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
        5
        Ancient igneous rocks such as granite lie intricately mingled with old and highly metamorphosed sediments.
        The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America