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Meaning of "volcanism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VOLCANISM

volcanism  [ˈvɒlkəˌnɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOLCANISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Volcanism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VOLCANISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

volcanism

Volcanism

Volcanism is the phenomenon of eruption of molten rock onto the surface of the Earth or a solid-surface planet or moon, where lava, pyroclastics and volcanic gases erupt through a break in the surface called a vent. It includes all phenomena resulting from and causing magma within the crust or mantle of the body to rise through the crust and form volcanic rocks on the surface.

Definition of volcanism in the English dictionary

The definition of volcanism in the dictionary is those processes collectively that result in the formation of volcanoes and their products.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOLCANISM


Anglicanism
ˈæŋɡlɪkəˌnɪzəm
antagonism
ænˈtæɡəˌnɪzəm
creationism
kriːˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm
exhibitionism
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃəˌnɪzəm
expansionism
ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm
expressionism
ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
humanism
ˈhjuːməˌnɪzəm
humanitarianism
hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
impressionism
ɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
isolationism
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃəˌnɪzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
microorganism
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
modernism
ˈmɒdəˌnɪzəm
organism
ˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
reductionism
rɪˈdʌkʃəˌnɪzəm
Satanism
ˈseɪtəˌnɪzəm
urbanism
ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm
vegetarianism
ˌvɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
Zionism
ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOLCANISM

volatilize
volcanic
volcanic bomb
volcanic glass
volcanic pipe
volcanic plug
volcanically
volcanicity
volcanisation
volcanise
volcanist
volcanization
volcanize
volcano
Volcano Islands
volcanologic
volcanological
volcanologist
volcanology
vole

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOLCANISM

Americanism
authoritarianism
Confucianism
coping mechanism
defence mechanism
equestrianism
Exchange Rate Mechanism
feminism
hooliganism
lesbianism
libertarianism
Lutheranism
New Urbanism
paganism
Pan-Africanism
safety mechanism
support mechanism
totalitarianism
unitarianism
utopianism
veganism

Synonyms and antonyms of volcanism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «volcanism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOLCANISM

Find out the translation of volcanism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of volcanism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «volcanism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

火山
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vulcanismo
570 millions of speakers

English

volcanism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ज्वालामुखी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البركاني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вулканизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vulcanismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আগ্নেয়ক্রিয়ার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

volcanisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gunung berapi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vulkanismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

火山活動
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Volcanism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

núi lửa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரிமலையாக்கத்தின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ज्वालामुखीचा स्फोट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

volkanizma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vulcanismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wulkanizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вулканізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vulcanismul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηφαιστειακή δραστηριότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vulkanisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

volcanism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vulkanisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of volcanism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLCANISM»

The term «volcanism» is regularly used and occupies the 88.126 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLCANISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «volcanism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «volcanism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about volcanism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOLCANISM»

Discover the use of volcanism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to volcanism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Volcanism
No other book I know of has the depth and breadth of Volcanism. I was disappointed that the text did not arrive on my desk until last August, when it was too late for me to choose it for my course in volcanology.
Hans-Ulrich Schmincke, 2004
2
Intraplate Volcanism in Eastern Australia and New Zealand
This is a major, definitive, landmark study of the young volcanoes of eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand.
R. Wally Johnson, Jan Knutson, Stuart Ross Taylor, 1989
3
Caldera Volcanism: Analysis, Modelling and Response
This volume aims at providing answers to some puzzling questions concerning the formation and the behavior of collapse calderas by exploring our current understanding of these complex geological processes.
Joachim Gottsmann, Joan Marti, 2011
4
Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy: Petrology, Geochemistry, ...
Written for petrologists and geochemists, this book is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing a database of volcanic rock analyses.
Angelo Peccerillo, 2005
5
Volcanism in the Campania Plain: Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei and ...
The book deals with the study of three important volcanisms in the Campania Plain: Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei and Ignimbrites.
‎2006
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Cenozoic Tectonics and Volcanism of Mexico
The puipose of this volume is to bring together papers discussing recent advances in our understanding of the Cenozoic tectonics and volcanism of Mexico. These papers grew out of a session that was held at the 1994 meeting of the Union ...
Hugo Delgado-Granados, Gerardo J. Aguirre-Díaz, Joann M. Stock, 2000
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Volcanism and the Earth's atmosphere
This volume presents new perspectives on volcanic emissions in the atmosphere from a diversity of disciplines.
Alan Robock, Clive Oppenheimer, 2003
8
Volcanism: Radhakrishna volume
Festschrift honoring Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna, b. 1918, Indian geologist, on his 75th birthday; contributed articles.
K. V. Subbarao, B. P. Radhakrishna, 1994
9
Role of Volcanism in Climate and Evolution
records of explosive volcanism in those areas, apart from the South American Cordillera, West Antarctica (ip Adie, 1963, 1972), New Zealand (Stipp and Thompson, 1972), and the African rift valleys (for example, Baker and others, 1971, 1972; ...
Daniel I. Axelrod, 1981
10
Mesozoic Volcanism and Volcanogenic Iron-ore Deposits in ...
AGES OF MESOZOIC VOLCANIC ROCKS Mesozoic continental volcanism in eastern China commenced in the Late Triassic (T3) and was restricted to a few places within the Jilin and Fujian provinces. It gradually increased in intensity during ...
Zhigang Xu, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOLCANISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term volcanism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Study suggests active volcanism on Venus
"We were able to show strong evidence that Venus is volcanically, and thus internally, active today," said James W. Head, a geologist at Brown University and ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
2
Summer of Volcanoes: What Is Bimodal Volcanism?
Bimodal volcanism is whenever you have a volcano that erupts basalt and rhyolite … and really nothing else in-between. What does that mean? Well, first we ... «Wired, Jun 15»
3
Highly explosive volcanism at Galapagos
Eight to 16 million years ago, highly explosive volcanism occurred in the area of today's Galapagos Islands. This is shown for the first time by analyses of core ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
4
Evidence of Volcanism Observed on Extreme Exoplanet, 55 Cancri E
A team of researchers—who hail from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom—have detected changes in the atmosphere of a terrestrial planet. «From Quarks to Quasars, May 15»
5
Hell On (Super-)Earth: Extreme Exoplanet Volcanism Spied
Using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have revealed wild atmospheric changes on a well-studied exoplanet — changes that they ... «Discovery News, May 15»
6
Ancient volcanism aligned with dinosaur extinction, says study
These results have significantly strengthened the case for volcanism as the primary cause for the mass extinction, as well as for the observed rapid climate ... «EarthSky, Dec 14»
7
New, tighter timeline confirms ancient volcanism aligned with …
A definitive geological timeline shows that a series of massive volcanic explosions 66 million years ago spewed enormous amounts of climate-altering gases ... «Princeton University, Dec 14»
8
Deccan Traps Volcanism May Have Contributed to Dinosaur Extinction
“We have 750,000 years as the duration for the main pulse of volcanism, but it'd be nice to know whether that time represents a constant flux of magma, or if ... «Sci-News.com, Dec 14»
9
Mega volcanism indicted in dinosaur demise
LOST WORLD The massive volcanic eruptions that formed the Deccan Traps rock formation (shown) in Western India may have helped bring down the ... «Science News, Dec 14»
10
Cape Verde's Eruption: an Example of Hotspot Volcanism
Fogo is a volcanic island which makes up what the Smithsonian Institution/National Museum of Natural History's Global Volcanism Program website (GVP) calls ... «Decoded Science, Dec 14»

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