eruptive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: eruptive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eruptive adj producing or characterized by eruptions; "an eruptive disease" produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed by igneous agents" Synonym(s): igneous, eruptive Antonym(s): aqueous, sedimentary actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eruptive \Erup"tive\, a. [Cf. F. [82]ruptif.] 1. Breaking out or bursting forth. The sudden glance Appears far south eruptive* through the cloud. --Thomson. 2. (Med.) Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever. 3. (Geol.) Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eruptive \Erup"tive\, n. (Geol.) An eruptive* rock.