[hip-uh-bis-uh l, hahy-puh-]
(of an igneous rock) intermediate in texture between coarse-grained intrusive rocks and fine-grained extrusive rocks.
noting any of various minor intrusions, as dikes and sills, that have crystallized under conditions intermediate between plutonic and extrusive.
Origin of hypabyssal
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(of igneous rocks) derived from magma that has solidified at shallow depth in the form of dykes, sills, etc
Word Origin for hypabyssal
C19: from hyp- + -abyssal
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