Extrusive is an English word with synonyms like volcanic or intrusive. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Extrusive in a sentence
Extrusive meaning
- Jutting out; extruding.
- Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth's surface to lie atop existing rocks.
Using Extrusive
- The main meaning on this page is: Jutting out; extruding. | Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth's surface to lie atop existing rocks.
- Useful related words include: volcanic, intrusive.
Context around Extrusive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Extrusive
- In this selection, "extrusive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, flow, phases and equivalent stand out and add context to how "extrusive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include area but extrusive flow textures and as the extrusive equivalent to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "extrusive" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with extrusive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The porphyry is thought to be intrusive in the immediate vicinity of the mine area but extrusive (flow textures visible) to the north towards Boorara. (25 words)
Geology Rhyolite can be considered as the extrusive equivalent to the plutonic granite rock, and consequently, outcrops of rhyolite may bear a resemblance to granite. (25 words)
Six to seven kilometres northwest of the Grasset deposit Balmoral has completed five holes, totaling 2,900 metres, testing a series of targets within both intrusive and extrusive phases of the GUC. (32 words)
Six to seven kilometres northwest of the Grasset deposit Balmoral has completed five holes, totaling 2,900 metres, testing a series of targets within both intrusive and extrusive phases of the GUC. (32 words)
The porphyry is thought to be intrusive in the immediate vicinity of the mine area but extrusive (flow textures visible) to the north towards Boorara. (25 words)
Geology Rhyolite can be considered as the extrusive equivalent to the plutonic granite rock, and consequently, outcrops of rhyolite may bear a resemblance to granite. (25 words)
Example sentences (3)
The porphyry is thought to be intrusive in the immediate vicinity of the mine area but extrusive (flow textures visible) to the north towards Boorara.
Six to seven kilometres northwest of the Grasset deposit Balmoral has completed five holes, totaling 2,900 metres, testing a series of targets within both intrusive and extrusive phases of the GUC.
Geology Rhyolite can be considered as the extrusive equivalent to the plutonic granite rock, and consequently, outcrops of rhyolite may bear a resemblance to granite.