Intrusive

Pronunciation

Origin

Back-formation from {{3}}

Full definition of intrusive

Adjective

1. Tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?
2. (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

Derived terms

• intrusively
• intrusiveness

Noun

1. (geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock