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pluton
[ ploo-ton ]
noun
- any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
pluton
/ ˈpluːtɒn /
noun
- any mass of igneous rock that has solidified below the surface of the earth
pluton
/ plo̅o̅′tŏn′ /
- A large body of igneous rock formed when a plume of magma cools and solidifies underground. Although most plutons are deep within the Earth's crust, some become exposed at the surface due to plate-tectonic processes.
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Origin of pluton1
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Example Sentences
While these fled, disaster fell upon the two torpedo-boat destroyers, Pluton and Furor.
Gradually the Pluton's guns became silent, and it was evident that she was in distress.
We were now within five hundred yards of the Furor, firing; sometimes at her and sometimes at the Pluton.
The casting of lots is mentioned by Alfred in his version of Bede, pluton mid tanum, "they cast lots with twigs."
The "Pluton" kept her engines going just long enough to drive her ashore under the Socapa cliffs.
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