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Definition of Irruptive
1. Adjective. Of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro.
Definition of Irruptive
1. a. Rushing in or upon.
Definition of Irruptive
1. Adjective. Having the quality of irrupting or making irruptions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irruptive
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Irruptive
1. Relating to or characterised by irruption. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irruptive
Literary usage of Irruptive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"Instances of irruptive behaviour by Metamorphic Rocks.—The fact that a crystalline
rock which is ..."
2. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt, Charles Hubbard Judd (1902)
"The sudden, irruptive emotions, on the contrary, are seldom intermittent. ...
They may sometimes be sudden and irruptive. In such cases, to be sure, ..."
3. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1894)
"Yet when the writer first described the evidence of the irruptive nature of the
... It was declared impossible that an irruptive contact could assume the ..."
4. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"Instances of irruptive behaviour by Metamorphic Rocks.—The fact that a crystalline
rock which is ..."
5. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt, Charles Hubbard Judd (1902)
"The sudden, irruptive emotions, on the contrary, are seldom intermittent. ...
They may sometimes be sudden and irruptive. In such cases, to be sure, ..."
6. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1894)
"Yet when the writer first described the evidence of the irruptive nature of the
... It was declared impossible that an irruptive contact could assume the ..."
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