abyssal rock

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbɪs.l̩ ɹɒk/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɪs.l̩ ɹɑk/

Noun

abyssal rock (plural abyssal rocks)

(geology) An igneous rock that crystallized at considerable depth in the crust; plutonic rock.

Translations

rock crystallized at considerable epth

Finnish: syväkivi, syväkivilaji

References

Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 9

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