extrusive

English

Adjective

extrusive (comparative more extrusive, superlative most extrusive)

1. Jutting out; extruding.
2. (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 (fi) (geology)
• French: extrusif (fr)
• Italian: estrusivo
• Spanish: extrusivo

of molten rock forced on to the Earth's surface

• Finnish: ekstrusiivinen (fi)
• Maori: rāwaho

Noun

extrusive (plural extrusives)

1. (geology) Rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion.

Translations

rock formed through extrusion

• Finnish: pintakivilaji
• Maori: toka rāwaho

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.stʁy.ziv/

Adjective

extrusive

1. feminine singular of extrusif