Batholithic

/ˌbæθəˈlɪθɪk/ adjective

Relating to or composed of a batholith, which is a huge underground body of igneous rock that forms when magma cools beneath Earth's surface.

From batholith (Greek bathos 'depth' + lithos 'stone') + -ic suffix. The term was coined in the 1870s by geologists to describe massive subsurface rock formations.

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