A large body of igneous rock that solidified at great depth beneath Earth's surface, typically composed of granitic material.
From Greek 'bathos' (depth) + '-lite' (stone). A geological term related to bathyliths, used in plutonic petrology.
The granite under your feet in mountainous areas was once bathylite—magma that cooled slowly miles underground and took millions of years to be exposed by erosion!
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