Definition of VOLCANIC. Meaning of VOLCANIC. Synonyms of VOLCANIC

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Definition of VOLCANIC

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Volcanic Vol*can"ic, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. Volcanic bomb, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. Volcanic cone, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. Volcanic foci, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. Volcanic glass, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See Obsidian. Volcanic mud, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. Volcanic rocks, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous.

Meaning of VOLCANIC from wikipedia

- crust of a planetary-m**** object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. The process...
- Volcanic rocks (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) are rocks formed from lava erupted from a volcano. Like all rock types, the concept...
- Volcanic ash consists of fragments of rock, mineral crystals, and volcanic gl****, produced during volcanic eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm (0.079 inches)...
- Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which material is expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists. These...
- An eruption at the ****bre Vieja volcanic ridge, comprising the southern half of the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, took place between...
- Volcanic plume or volcanic plume may refer to: Eruption plume, a column of hot volcanic ash and gas emitted into the atmosphere during an explosive volcanic...
- The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) is a scale used to measure the size of explosive volcanic eruptions. It was devised by Christopher G. Newhall of the...
- -105.5544 The Thirtynine Mile volcanic area, part of the larger Central Colorado volcanic field, is an extinct volcanic area located in Park and Teller...
- The Volcanic Repeating Arms Company was an American company formed in 1855 by partners Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson to develop Walter Hunt's Rocket...
- Volcanic lightning is an electrical discharge caused by a volcanic eruption rather than from an ordinary thunderstorm. Volcanic lightning arises from...