About The Word Volcanic
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Volcanic
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What's The Definition Of Volcanic?
[adj] igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt; "volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian"
[adj] explosively unstable; "a volcanic temper" [adj] relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes; "volcanic steam"; "volcanic islands such as Iceland"; "a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions" Synonyms | Synonyms for Volcanic: eruptive | extrusive | unstable Related Terms | Find terms related to Volcanic: See Also | Volcanic In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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