"pertaining to or involving intense heat deep in the earth's crust," 1796, coined by Irish scientist Richard Kirwin (1733-1812) from comb. form of Pluto (as god of the underworld) + -ic. Especially in reference to early 19c. geological theory (championed by Hutton) that attributed most of the earth's features to action of internal heat, a theory which triumphed over its rival, neptunism, which attributed them to water. Related: Plutonism; Plutonist.
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1. This belt is bounded on the north by a group of large plutonic masses.
该带的北部被一群大规模的深成岩体所限.
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2. Trap rock is a form of plutonic igneous rock.
暗色岩是一种火成岩.
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3. Zhuizi Mountain compound plutonic complex consists of seven compound plutonic rock theies.
锥子山复式深成杂岩体由7个复杂深成岩体组成.
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4. Plutonic rocks consisting of pyroxene, pigeonite and plagioclase , the source of cumulate eucrites.
