Other Word Forms
- nonextrusive adjective
Etymology
Origin of extrusive
First recorded in 1810–20; extrus(ion) + -ive
Example Sentences
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What are the reasons that whenever elective and prescribed studies are mixed, an extrusive force regularly appears in the elective?
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Deposits formed at shallow depths are related to extrusive rocks and to intrusives near the surface.
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Thus, granite is an igneous, intrusive rock; lava is an igneous, extrusive rock.
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In the Republics of France and of America the President is of an extrusive kind.
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When magmas reach the surface red hot, they form extrusive rocks, such as volcanic rocks.
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