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 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

Finnish: ekstrusiivinen

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

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