igneous — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   The stone had an igneous appearance.

2. Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   Granite and basalt are igneous rocks.

   All formations, whether igneous or aqueous, which can be shown by any such proofs to be of a date posterior to the introduction of man, will be called Recent.

Aggettivo

1. produced under conditions involving intense heat

   Sinonimi

   pyrogenicpyrogenous

   Esempi

   igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma

   igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone

   Altri esempi (1)

   pyrogenic strata

2. produced by the action of fire or intense heat

   Sinonimi

   eruptive

   Contrari

   aqueous

   Esempi

   rocks formed by igneous agents

3. like or suggestive of fire

   Sinonimi

   fiery

   Esempi

   a fiery desert wind

   an igneous desert atmosphere