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Igneous meaning

  1. Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
  2. Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.

Synonyms of Igneous

pyrogenic pyrogenous temperature eruptive aqueous fiery hot

Related words

Other words often associated with Igneous or its synonyms:

burning matter torrid substance symptom impassioned heated liquid cold active sultry fervid

Using Igneous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire. | Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
  • Useful related words include: pyrogenic, pyrogenous, temperature, eruptive.
  • In the example corpus, igneous often appears in combinations such as: igneous rocks, of igneous, an igneous.

Context around Igneous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

breccia 1× common 1× associated 1× old 1× mafic 1× recent 1×

Often after:

rock 7× rocks 4× bodies 2× volcanoes 1× volcano 1× oceanic 1× breccia 1× source 1× dykes 1×

Sentence patterns with Igneous

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and mafic igneous rocks those 1× around the igneous rock that 1× between this igneous or metamorphic 1× cavities of igneous rocks period 1× extracted from igneous rock and 1× in an igneous rock 1× in the igneous oceanic crust 1× intrusion of igneous rocks was 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a breccia may 1× a similar situation 1× a wide variety 1× active mud volcanoes 1× all three types 1× aplite and porphyry 1×

Common sentence endings:

active deep biosphere 1× an igneous rock 1× an igneous volcano 1× and hydrothermal breccia 1× and metamorphic rock 1× and rocket fuel 1×

Words around Igneous

Just before it in the word index:

igneel 3 ignca 3 ignazio 10 ignaz 8 ignatz 2 ignatova 4

Just after it in the word index:

igneri 3 igni 2 ignis 15 ignitable 6 ignite 333 ignited 437

Similar in corpus frequency:

abating 60 abstaining 60 accumulator 60 adeniyi 60 adhesives 60 affluence 60

Corpus analysis for Igneous

  • In this selection, "igneous" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, breccia, common, associated, rock, rocks and bodies stand out and add context to how "igneous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and mafic igneous rocks those and around the igneous rock that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "igneous" sits close to words such as abating, abstaining and accumulator, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with igneous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A similar situation with igneous rocks occurs when xenoliths are found. (11 words)

Deep below the surface are a magma chamber and large associated igneous bodies. (13 words)

It’s a semi-precious stone formed in the cavities of igneous rocks, period. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Aplite and porphyry dikes and veins may intrude pegmatites and wall rocks adjacent to intrusions, creating a confused sequence of felsic intrusive apophyses (thin branches or offshoots of igneous bodies) within the aureole of some granites. (36 words)

During the Cenozoic folding, faulting and uplifting, accompanied by volcanic activity and intrusion of igneous rocks was related to major continental collision between the larger Arabian and Eurasian plates (e.g. Robertson & Dixon, 1984). (34 words)

Earth’s largest aquifer ecosystem is in the igneous oceanic crust, where chemical interactions and water-rock interactions provide the carbon and energy to support an active, deep biosphere. (29 words)

Example sentences (20)

Active mud volcanoes tend to involve temperatures much lower than those of igneous volcanoes except when the mud volcano is actually a vent of an igneous volcano.

Erin Frates, Dylan Mankel, Peter Schroedl, and Jeffrey Marlow in the lab holding pieces of igneous rock collected from Fagradalsfjall, Iceland.

Bizarrely, hundreds of millions of years of sedimentary layers are missing between this igneous or metamorphic basement and the oldest preserved sedimentary rocks.

Earth’s largest aquifer ecosystem is in the igneous oceanic crust, where chemical interactions and water-rock interactions provide the carbon and energy to support an active, deep biosphere.

It’s a semi-precious stone formed in the cavities of igneous rocks, period.

Lithium, a powdery chemical element that is extracted from igneous rock and mineral water, is also used in batteries, lubricating grease and rocket fuel.

A breccia may have a variety of different origins, as indicated by the named types including sedimentary breccia, tectonic breccia, igneous breccia, impact breccia, and hydrothermal breccia.

All three types of rocks may be re-melted; when this happens, a new magma is formed, from which an igneous rock may once again crystallize.

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Aplite and porphyry dikes and veins may intrude pegmatites and wall rocks adjacent to intrusions, creating a confused sequence of felsic intrusive apophyses (thin branches or offshoots of igneous bodies) within the aureole of some granites.

Around the igneous rock that forms from the cooling magma is a metamorphosed zone called a contact metamorphism aureole.

A similar situation with igneous rocks occurs when xenoliths are found.

A wide variety of materials were used to sculpt chacmools, including limestone and hard metamorphic and igneous rock types.

Because kimberlites are the most common igneous source of diamonds, the transitions from maar to diatreme to root-zone dikes have been studied in detail.

By definition, granite is an igneous rock with at least 20% quartz and up to 65% alkali feldspar by volume.

Deep below the surface are a magma chamber and large associated igneous bodies.

During periods of submersion, thick layers of limestone were laid down over the old igneous and metamorphic rock.

During the Cenozoic folding, faulting and uplifting, accompanied by volcanic activity and intrusion of igneous rocks was related to major continental collision between the larger Arabian and Eurasian plates (e.g. Robertson & Dixon, 1984).

Felsic, intermediate and mafic igneous rocks Those rocks that contain the most silica, and on crystallizing yield free quartz, form a group generally designated the "felsic" rocks.

Geology main Sydney is made up of mostly Triassic rock with some recent igneous dykes and volcanic necks.

However, the origin of the minerals in a sedimentary rock is often more complex than in an igneous rock.

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Common combinations with igneous

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "igneous" in a sentence?
An example: "Active mud volcanoes tend to involve temperatures much lower than those of igneous volcanoes except when the mud volcano is actually a vent of an igneous volcano." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "igneous" from authentic English texts.
What does "igneous" mean?
Igneous means: Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
What are synonyms of "igneous"?
Common synonyms of "igneous" include: pyrogenic, pyrogenous, temperature, eruptive, aqueous, fiery, hot.
How many example sentences with "igneous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "igneous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.