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VOLCANIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt
Example:
volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian
Classified under:
Similar:
extrusive (of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Explosively unstable
Example:
a volcanic temper
Classified under:
Similar:
unstable (lacking stability or fixity or firmness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
Example:
a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)
Derivation:
volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)
Context examples:
Some of the sites that have shapes and compositions consistent with volcanic eruptions beneath an ice sheet are about 1,000 miles (about 1,600 kilometers) from the current south polar ice cap of Mars.
(Clues about Volcanoes Under Ice on Ancient Mars, NASA)
The Cambridge-led team pinpointed the date of the eruption using ice core records from Greenland that preserve the volcanic fallout from Eldgjá.
(Volcanic eruption influenced Iceland’s conversion to Christianity, University of Cambridge)
Here debauched a deep gorge, with precipitous, volcanic walls which no man could scale.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It therefore found in a wide variety of habitats: volcanic terrains, lava-strewn coasts, and clearings or limestone outcrops.
(Morinda citrifolia, NCI Thesaurus)
She did not dream of the volcanic convulsions of love, its scorching heat and sterile wastes of parched ashes.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The team believes these new models help us gain a better understanding of Yellowstone's plumbing system, and may lead to improved estimates of the potential future seismic and volcanic hazards.
(Yellowstone magma discovery, NSF)
Many other factors also change the ground level, such as the movement of tectonic plates, volcanic activity, high- and low-pressure weather systems, and Earth's slow rebound from the last ice age.
(Sierras Lost Water Weight, Grew Taller During Drought, NASA)
Radar-sounding scans of the area have suggested the presence of low-density volcanic deposits or water ice below the surface, but if the detected hydrogen were buried ice within the top meter of the surface, there would be more than would fit into pore space in soil.
(A Fresh Look at Older Data Yields a Surprise Near the Martian Equator, NASA)
The unusual spectacle of her busy mother rocking comfortably and reading early in the morning made Jo feel as if some unnatural phenomenon had occurred, for an eclipse, an earthquake, or a volcanic eruption would hardly have seemed stranger.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The new discoveries show that the formation 40 to 50 million years ago of the Pacific Ring of Fire, an active seafloor zone along the perimeter of the Pacific Ocean, caused dramatic changes in ocean depth and volcanic activity and buckled the seabed of Zealandia.
(Scientists return from expedition to lost continent of Zealandia, National Science Foundation)
