intrusive

Meanings

Plural: intrusives

Adjective

• tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)
  • "she felt her presence there was intrusive"
• of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock
• thrusting inward
  • "an intrusive arm of the sea"

Adj

• Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
• Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
• epenthetic
• Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.

Noun

• An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

Synonyms

disturbing, interrupting, uninvited, unwelcome

Antonyms

extrusive, protrusive, unintrusive

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