Extrusive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Tending to push or thrust out.
  • adj. Tending to protrude or project.
  • adj. Derived from magma poured out or ejected at the earth's surface. Used of igneous rocks.
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  • adj. Jutting out; extruding.
  • n. Rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Forced out at the surface; ; -- contrasted with intrusive.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of being extruded or thrust out; that tends or serves to extrude or thrust out or forth; specifically, in petrography, erupted or extruded: applied to igneous rocks. Same as effusive.
  • n. That which is extruded; specifically, in petrography, same as effusive (which see): contrasted with intrusive.
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  • adj. of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface
    • Equivalent
    volcanic   
    Antonym
    intrusive   
     
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