Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Intruding or tending to intrude.
- adjective Geology Of or relating to igneous rock that is forced while molten into cracks or between other layers of rock.
- adjective Linguistics Epenthetic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Apt to intrude; coming unbidden or without welcome; appearing undesirably: as, intrusive thoughts or guests.
- Done or effected by intrusion; carried out by irregular or unauthorized entrance: as, intrusive interference.
- Thrust in out of regular place or order; introduced from an extraneous source; due to intrusion or irregular entrance.
- Specifically, in geology applied to those igneous masses which have forced their way between older rocks and have never reached the surface: contrasted with
extrusive . Seeintrusive rocks , under intrusive. - noun In geology, a mass of igneous rock which has forced its way between older walls or strata, but has never reached the surface of the earth. Intrusives occur as batholiths, laccoliths, intruded sheets, and dikes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome.
- adjective (Geol.) rocks which have been forced, while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is sometimes used as equivalent to
plutonic rocks . It is then contrasted witheffusive orvolcanic rocks .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tending or apt to
intrude ; doing that which is notwelcome ;interrupting ordisturbing ;entering withoutright orwelcome . - adjective geology Of rocks: forced, while in a
plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks. - noun geology An
igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)
- adjective of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock
- adjective thrusting inward
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"They are the radical issues that we should be addressing and not short-term intrusive fixes."
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Yet, given your fearful response, the scary hand may refer to an intrusive presence in your life, an infringement of personal space.
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Canadians were unhappy with so-called intrusive questions, the aggravation of filling it out and even a few were convinced the census was part of a government plot, according to
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Additionally, the game includes a simple, stylish, and effective in-game map system that is both functional and non-intrusive, which is a huge bonus.
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