igneous

2 definitions found

igneous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Igneous \Ig"ne*ous\, a. [L. igneus, fr. ignis fire; allied to
     Skr. agni, Lith. ugnis, OSlav. ogne.]
     1. Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing
        fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Geol.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of
        fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
        [1913 Webster]

igneous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  igneous
      adj 1: produced under conditions involving intense heat;
             "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a
             molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous
             fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata" [syn:
             igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous]
      2: produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed
         by igneous agents" [syn: igneous, eruptive] [ant:
         aqueous, sedimentary]
      3: like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an
         igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: fiery, igneous]