Plutonic
a.- Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous;
as, the .Plutonic theory
Plutonic action (Geol.),
the influence of volcanic heat and other subterranean forces under pressure.
Plutonic rocks (Geol.),
granite, porphyry, and some other igneous rocks, supposed to have consolidated from a melted state at a great depth from the surface. Cf.
Plutonic theory . (Geol.)
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