plutonic[adjective]Synonyms: infernal, chthonian, chthonic, Hadean, plutonian, sulphurous, Tartarean, avernal, cimmerian, hellish, pandemoniac, stygian
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plutonic adjective & noun.
[plu:'tɒnɪk] L18.[formed as PLUTONIAN + -IC.]A. adjective.
1. Geology. Pertaining to or involving the formation of rocks at great depths in the earth's crust; abyssal;
spec. pertaining to or designating igneous rocks formed at great depths by intense heat. Also, designating, pertaining to, or advocating Plutonism.
L18.2. Belonging to or resembling Pluto; Plutonian.
E19.b. noun.
Geology. In
pl. Plutonic rocks.
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