dictionary definitions for "intrusion"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  intrusion
      n 1: any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion
           of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts" [syn: invasion,
            encroachment]
      2: entrance by force or without permission or welcome
      3: the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata
         of an earlier rock formation
      4: rock produced by an intrusive process
      5: entry to another's property without right or permission
         [syn: trespass, encroachment, violation,
         usurpation]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intrusion \In*tru"sion\, n. [Cf. F. intrusion. See Intrude.]
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     1. The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the
        forcing (one's self) into a place without right or
        welcome; encroachment.
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              Why this intrusion?
              Were not my orders that I should be private?
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. (Geol.) The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or
        metal state, into the cavities of another.
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     3. (Law) The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate
        or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in
        remainder or reversion has taken possession.
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     4. (Scotch Ch.) The settlement of a minister over a
        congregation without their consent.
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