plutonisch — meaning in English

English meaning

• plutonian adj Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.
• plutonic adj Alternative letter-case form of Plutonic.

Senses

plutonisch is used for these senses in English:

• 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”).
• Plutonic (by extension, geology, mineralogy) Of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth.

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”).