different between intrusive vs anorthosite
intrusive
English
Etymology
Back-formation from intrusion, +? -ive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t?u?s?v/
- Hyphenation: in?tru?sive
Adjective
intrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)
- Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
- Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?
- (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
Synonyms
- unwelcome
- uninvited
- disturbing
- interrupting
Antonyms
- unintrusive
Derived terms
- intrusively
- intrusiveness
Translations
Noun
intrusive (plural intrusives)
- (geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
References
- intrusive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- intrusive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Adjective
intrusive
- feminine singular of intrusif
German
Adjective
intrusive
- inflection of intrusiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
intrusive
- feminine plural of intrusivo
Anagrams
- risvenuti
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anorthosite
English
Noun
anorthosite (countable and uncountable, plural anorthosites)
- (petrology) A phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock characterized by a predominance of plagioclase feldspar.
- 1863, T. Sterry Hunt, "On the Chemical and Mineralogical Relations of Metamorphic Rocks", The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume XXXVI, November, 1863, page 224:
- The second, or Labrador series is characterized, as already remarked, by the predominance of great beds of anorthosite, composed chiefly of triclinic feldspars […]
- 1863, T. Sterry Hunt, "On the Chemical and Mineralogical Relations of Metamorphic Rocks", The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume XXXVI, November, 1863, page 224:
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