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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Igneous \Ig"ne*ous\, a. [L. igneus, fr ignis fire; allied to Skr. agni, Lith. ugnis OSlav. ogne.] 1. Pertaining to having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as an igneous appearance. 2. (Geol.) Resulting from or produced by the action of fire; as lavas and basalt are igneous rocks. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: igneous adj 1: produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata" [syn: {pyrogenic}] 2: like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: {fiery}]
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