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extrusive

extrusive

English

Adjective

extrusive ‎(comparative more extrusive, superlative most extrusive)

Jutting out; extruding.
(geology) of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the earth's surface to lie atop of existing rocks.

Synonyms

effusive

Related terms

extrude, extrusion
detrusive, intrusive, protrusive, retrusive

Translations

jutting out or extruding

Czech: extruzivní
Dutch: extrusief
Finnish: purkautuva, pursuava (fi); ekstrusiivinen (geology)

French: extrusif (fr)
Italian: estrusivo
Spanish: extrusivo

of molten rock forced on to the Earth's surface

Maori: rāwaho

Noun

extrusive ‎(plural extrusives)

(geology) Rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion.

Translations

rock formed through extrusion

Finnish: pintakivilaji

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛk.stʁy.ziv/

Adjective

extrusive

feminine singular of extrusif