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vol·can·ic
(vŏl-kăn′ĭk, vôl-)adj.
1. Of, resembling, or caused by a volcano or volcanoes: a volcanic peak; volcanic islands.
2. Produced by or discharged from a volcano: volcanic ash.
3. Characterized by the presence of volcanoes.
4. Powerfully explosive: a volcanic temper.
vol·can′i·cal·ly adv.
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volcanic
(vɒlˈkænɪk)adj
1. (Geological Science) of, relating to, produced by, or characterized by the presence of volcanoes: a volcanic region.
2. suggestive of or resembling an erupting volcano: a volcanic era.
3. (Geological Science) another word for extrusive2
n
(Geological Science) (often plural) any igneous rock formed from magma issuing from volcanoes
volˈcanically adv
volcanicity n
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vol•can•ic
(vɒlˈkæn ɪk)adj.
1. of or pertaining to a volcano.
2. discharged from or produced by volcanoes: volcanic ash.
3. characterized by the presence of volcanoes.
4. suggestive of or resembling a volcano; potentially explosive; volatile.
[1765–75; compare French volcanique]
vol•can′i•cal•ly, adv.
vol`can•ic′i•ty (-kəˈnɪs ɪ ti) n.
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| Adj. | 1. |  volcanic - 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" |
| 2. |  volcanic - explosively unstable; "a volcanic temper"unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy" | |
| 3. |  volcanic - 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"extrusive - of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface |
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Translations
بُرْكاني
sopečný
vulkanikus
eldfjalla-; eldgosa-
sopečný
vulkanski
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volcanic
adj (lit) → Vulkan-; rock, dust, activity → vulkanisch; (fig) → heftig; volcanic activity → Vulkantätigkeit f; volcanic eruption → Vulkanausbruch m; volcanic island → Vulkaninsel f
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volcanic
[vɒlˈkænɪk] adj → vulcanico/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
volcano
(volˈkeinəu) – plural volˈcanoes – noun a hill or mountain with an opening through which molten rock, ashes etc periodically erupt, or have erupted in the past, from inside the earth. The village was destroyed when the volcano erupted.
volˈcanic (-ˈkӕ-) adjective of, like, or produced by, a volcano. volcanic rock.
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