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Plutonien — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • plutonian adj Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.

Senses

Plutonien is used for these senses in English:

  • Plutonian (astronomy) Of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto.
  • Plutonian (by extension, geology, historical) Synonym of plutonic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism, the theory that the rocks of the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again”).
  • Plutonian (chiefly, science fiction) An inhabitant of the dwarf planet Pluto.

plutonian — full definition

  1. adj Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.
  2. adj Of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful.
  3. adj Synonym of plutonic (“of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth”).
  4. adj Synonym of plutonic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism, the theory that the rocks of the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again”).
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