outbulk
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outbulk (third-person singular simple present outbulks, present participle outbulking, simple past and past participle outbulked)
- (transitive) To exceed in bulk.
- 1890, The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London:
- In places the intrusions, indeed, outbulk the rocks among which they have been thrust.
- 1964, Geological Survey Professional Paper:
- Silicic rocks outbulk mafic ones at exposed levels in the plutonic complexes, but relative proportions vary widely among them. Silicic and mafic liquids were present simultaneously in each complex, and intermediate rocks are uncommon.