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Webster 1913 Edition
Volcanic
Vol-can′ic
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
volcanique
, It. vulcanico
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes;
as,
. volcanic
heat2.
Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies;
as,
. volcanic
tufa3.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Volcanic
VOLCAN'IC
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining to volcanoes; as volcanic heat.2.
Produced by a volcano; as volcanic tufa.3.
Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.Definition 2024
volcanic
volcanic
See also: volcànic
English
Adjective
volcanic (not comparable)
- (geology, planetology) of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes
- volcanic heat.
- volcanic activity.
- (geology, planetology) produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies
- (geology, planetology) changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
- (figuratively) reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 556:
- With that the system was complete, and ready to have its disastrous effect on Martin Luther's volcanic temper.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 556:
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Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to a volcano
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produced by a volcano
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changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
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Noun
volcanic (plural volcanics)
- A volcanic rock.