What is the meaning of igneous?

adjective

  • Produced under conditions involving intense heat.
    • usage: "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata"
  • Produced by the action of fire or intense heat.
    • usage: "rocks formed by igneous agents"
  • Like or suggestive of fire.
    • usage: "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere"
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