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Definition of Volcanics

Volcanic
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 Volcanics from wikipedia

- Volcanic rocks (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) are rocks formed from lava erupted from a volcano. Like all rock types, the concept...
- The Honolulu Volcanics are a group of volcanoes which form a volcanic field on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, more specifically in that island's southeastern...
- 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. On Earth...
- portion of New Hampshire that houses the Ammonoosuc Volcanics. The Middle Ordovician Ammonoosuc Volcanics are a component of the Bronson Hill Arc, which is...
- 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 ash consists of fragments of rock, mineral crystals, and volcanic gl****, produced during volcanic eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm (0.079 inches)...
- The Maori Volcanics Showband are a New Zealand show group that formed in 1967. The Volcanics toured widely on the cabaret circuit. The Rajon Music Group...
- A volcanic plug, also called a volcanic neck or lava neck, is a volcanic object created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano. When present...
- Volcanic lightning is an electrical discharge caused by a volcanic eruption rather than from an ordinary thunderstorm. Volcanic lightning arises from...
- The Coronados Volcanics is a geologic formation in Alaska. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period. Earth sciences portal Alaska portal...