Defn: The science which treats of wealth.
PLUTONIAN
Plu*to"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Plutonius, Gr. plutonien.]
Defn: Plutonic. Poe.
PLUTONIAN
Plu*to"ni*an, n. (Geol.)
Defn: A Plutonist.
PLUTONIC
Plu*ton"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. plutonique. See Pluto.]
1. Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.
2. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory. Plutonic action (Geol.), the influence of volcanic heat and other subterranean forces under pressure. — Plutonic rocks (Geol.), granite, porphyry, and some other igneous rocks, supposed to have consolidated from a melted state at a great depth from the surface. Cf. Intrusive rocks, under Intrusive. — Plutonic theory. (Geol.) See Plutonism.
PLUTONISM
Plu"to*nism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. plutonisme.]
Defn: The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth''s crust were formed by igneous fusion; — opposed to the Neptunian theory.