OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 5331

igneous

/ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ígneo
Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
The stone had an igneous appearance.
ígneo
Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
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.
Granite and basalt are igneous rocks.
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