Massive \Mass"ive\, a. [F. massif.]
1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted;
weighty; heavy; massy. ``Massive armor.'' --Dr. H. More.
2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline
structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral
occurs massive.
Massive rock (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not
distinctly schistone, as granite; also, with some authors,
an eruptive rock.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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