Volcanic
[vɒl'kænɪk] or [vɑl'kænɪk]
Definition
(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' .
Typist: Susan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.
(a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
(a.) Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
Edited by Babbage
Examples
- We have felt the fierce play of volcanic effort, lifting new continents of opportunity from the infertile sea, without any devastation of pre-existing fields of human toil and harvest. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Oh, you mean that the island is volcanic! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They are found in volcanic regions and are supposed to be due to the action of hot water, which carried off the organic material and deposited dissolved silica in its place. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She is impetuous--volcanic, I was about to say. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- All the more reason that the volcanic action will extend to Melnos. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Still, you see the Hellenes must have known this was a volcanic island, and, perhaps, put up this temple to the god of fire in memory of an eruption. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In reference to the last (volcanic ash combined with lime and r ubble to form a cement) Vitruvius writes in a way that indicates a discriminating knowledge of geological formations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The land of those days, upheaved by violent volcanic forces, was a barren land, without vegetation, without soil. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It rested on volcanic rocks and was itself covered with basalt, that is, lava which had crystallized under the sea. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Besides, Georgois tells me there is an eruption at Santorin, so with that vent for the volcanic forces we are quite safe. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Contreras is situated on the side of a mountain, near its base, where volcanic rocks are piled in great confusion, reaching nearly to San Antonio. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The islands being wholly of volcanic origin, the soil is necessarily very rich. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is the volcanic character of Melnos that makes it so warm and fertile. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was modelled on that of Athens,—a large semicircle hewn out of the volcanic rock, with seats of the red limestone so frequent in Melnos. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- At sixty, I worshipped her with the volcanic ardour of eighteen. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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