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单词 pluton
释义

pluton

noun

plu·​ton ˈplü-ˌtän How to pronounce pluton (audio)
: a typically large body of intrusive igneous rock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Called a pluton by geologists, the Barre granite formation is calculated to be four miles long, two miles wide and 10 miles deep. Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 In Nevada, for instance, geologists find fibers associated with jagged landscape formed by plutons, which are huge rock formations caused by liquid magma forced upward into the cooler crust and then solidifying. Deborah Blum, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2014

Word History

Etymology

probably back-formation from plutonic

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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