different between intrusion vs allotriomorph

English

Etymology

From Old French intrusion, from Medieval Latin intrusio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?u???n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

intrusion (countable and uncountable, plural intrusions)

1. The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.

   He viewed sales calls as an unwelcome intrusion.
2. (geology) Magma forced into other rock formations; the rock formed when such magma solidifies.
3. A structure that lies within a historic district but is nonhistoric and irrelevant to the district.

Related terms

Translations

References

• intrusion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intrusion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Noun

intrusion f (plural intrusions)

1. intrusion

Further reading

• “intrusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Classical compound, Ancient Greek ????????? (allótrios, “foreign”) +? -morph.

Noun

allotriomorph (plural allotriomorphs)

1. (geology) A mineral that did not develop its otherwise typical external crystal form because of late crystallization between earlier formed crystals, typical of matrix minerals in rapidly crystallizing volcanic lavas and shallow igneous intrusions.

Synonyms

• xenomorph

Derived terms

• allotriomorphic