intrusive

Back-formation from intrusion, +‎ -ive.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/

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• Hyphenation: in‧tru‧sive

intrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)

1. Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.

   Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?

2. (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
3. (linguistics) epenthetic
4. (programming) 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.

   an intrusive linked list

• unwelcome
• uninvited
• disturbing
• interrupting

• unintrusive

intrusive (plural intrusives)

1. (geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intrusive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “intrusive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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intrusive

1. feminine singular of intrusif

intrusive

1. inflection of intrusiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

intrusive

1. feminine plural of intrusivo

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