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Meanings of plutonic in inglês

Of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro.

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Usage of plutonic in inglês
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Holocrystalline plutonic igneous rocks composed essentially of hornblende are known as hornblendites.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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New Zealand is, in fact, a formation of recent plutonic origin.
In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
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These cliffs, I may remark, are basaltic, and therefore plutonic.
The Lost World
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Most of them correspond to the plutonic diorites, but others more nearly represent the gabbros.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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As far as the equator this whole seafloor is still under construction by plutonic forces.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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Apparent non-separation of the elements of plutonic rocks.
Volcanic Islands
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Origin of trap-dikes in the plutonic series.
Volcanic Islands
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No atmosphere, by its disintegrating, decomposing influence has softened off the rugged features of the plutonic mountains.
All Around the Moon
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It is a vast Switzerland, an enormous Norway, where everything is the result of direct plutonic action.
All Around the Moon
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The lowest were evidently of the same hard, fused, compressed character as those which our terminology calls plutonic.
Across the Zodiac / The Story of a Wrecked Record
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Trap-dikes in the plutonic series.
Volcanic Islands
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Rocks, crystalline or plutonic: sedimentary, 85; eruptive, 88; new, 59; of Grand Cañon, 90; testimony of, establishes evolution, 100.
The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its Scope
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I walked over the mountain, and quickly lost the marl in masses of plutonic rocks that had been upheaved and entirely occupied the surface.
Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
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Into this plutonic realm we plunged, and, after a scorching ride, reached the head of a pass which led straight down to the desert.
Mr. Fortescue / An Andean Romance
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The bids have turned Plutonic into the poster child for the power production debate.
Reuters
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As to flint, that would not be wanting in these regions of Plutonic origin.
The Mysterious Island
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