plutonic

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Synonyms: platonic, pluronic, photonic, pretonic, teutonic, plutonian, pluton, protonic, prutenic, polytonic, plotinic

Antonyms: platonic, pluronic, photonic, pretonic, teutonic, plutonian, pluton, protonic, prutenic, polytonic, plotinic

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|Greek mythology|Roman mythology}} {{synonym of|en|Plutonian|t=of or relating to [[Pluto]], the [[Greek#Adjective|Greek]] and [[Roman#Adjective|Roman]] [[god]] of the [[underworld]]; [[demonic]], [[infernal]]}}.
2. {{lb|en|by extension}} {{synonym of|en|Plutonian|t=of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; [[dark#Adjective|dark]], [[gloomy]]; [[mournful]]}}.
3. {{lb|en|by extension|geology|mineralogy}} Of or pertaining to [[rock#Noun|rocks]] [[form#Verb|formed]] [[deep#Adjective|deep]] in the [[Earth]]'s [[crust#Noun|crust]], rather than by [[volcano]]es at the [[surface#Noun|surface]] of the Earth.
4. {{lb|en|by extension|geology|historical}} Of, pertaining to, or [[support#Verb|supporting]] {{l|en|plutonism|t=the [[theory]] that the rocks of the Earth were formed in [[fire#Noun|fire]] by [[volcanic]] [[activity]], with a [[continuing#Adjective|continuing]] [[gradual]] [[process#Noun|process]] of [[weathering#Noun|weathering]] and [[erosion]], then [[deposit#Verb|deposited]] on the [[sea bed]], [[reform#Verb|re-formed]] into [[layer#Noun|layers]] of [[sedimentary rock]] by [[heat#Noun|heat]] and [[pressure#Noun|pressure]], and [[raise#Verb|raised]] again}}. {{rfquote-sense|en}}

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