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noun
The old geological theory that the rocks forming 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of plutonism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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History
From Pluto + -ism, after the classical ruler of the underworld.
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