(adj) relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes, Example:volcanic steam; volcanic islands such as Iceland; a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions

volcanic

(adj) explosively unstable, Example:a volcanic temper

volcanic

(adj) 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

volcanically

(adv) by or like volcanoes, Example:volcanically created landscape

volcanic crater

(n) a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano, Syn. crater

volcanic eruption

(n) the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material, Syn. eruption

volcanic glass

(n) a kind of natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly

volcanic rock

(n) extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Volcanic

a. [ Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Volcanically

adv. Like a volcano. [ 1913 Webster ]

Volcanicity

n. [ Cf. F. volcanicité. ] Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power. [ 1913 Webster ]

Volcanic neck

. (Geol.) A column of igneous rock formed by congelation of lava in the conduit of a volcano and later exposed by the removal of surrounding rocks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Volcanic wind

. (Meteorol.) A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to the eruption or to convection currents over hot lava. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

火山

[火山, huǒ shān] volcanic; volcano #15500

斐济

[斐济 / 斐濟, Fěi jì] Fiji (tropical volcanic island in southwest Pacific) #27539

长白山

[长白山 / 長白山, Cháng bái shān] Changbai or Baekdu mountain, a volcanic mountain in Jilin province #28122

裂口

[裂口, liè kǒu] breach; split; rift; vent (volcanic crater) #36202

火山口

[火山口, huǒ shān kǒu] volcanic crater #42339

火山爆发

[火山爆发 / 火山爆發, huǒ shān bào fā] volcanic eruption #42950

火山灰

[火山灰, huǒ shān huī] volcanic ash #55820

瑙鲁

[瑙鲁 / 瑙魯, Nǎo lǔ] Nauru, volcanic island of Micronesia in southwest pacific #89202

火烧云

[火烧云 / 火燒雲, huǒ shāo yún] nuée ardente; hot cloud of volcanic ash #94752

火成岩

[火成岩, huǒ chéng yán] igneous rock (geol.); volcanic rock #100583

火山岛

[火山岛 / 火山島, huǒ shān dǎo] volcanic island #106946

火山带

[火山带 / 火山帶, huǒ shān dài] volcanic belt #167540

喀拉喀托火山

[喀拉喀托火山, Kè lā kè tuō huǒ shān] Krakatoa (volcanic island in Indonesia) #424825

伊通火山群

[伊通火山群, Yī tōng huǒ shān qún] Yitong volcanic area in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣|伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin, See Also: 伊通滿族自治縣, 伊通满族自治县

桑托里尼岛

[桑托里尼岛 / 桑托里尼島, sāng tuō lǐ ní dǎo] Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)

火山爆发指数

[火山爆发指数 / 火山爆發指數, huǒ shān bào fā zhǐ shù] volcanic explosivity index (VEI)

火成

[火成, huǒ chéng] igneous (geol.); formed by fire; volcanic (rock)

炽热火山云

[炽热火山云 / 熾熱火山雲, chì rè huǒ shān yún] nuée ardente; hot cloud of volcanic ash

长白山天池

[长白山天池 / 長白山天池, Cháng bái shān tiān chí] Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic lake in Jilin province

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

ペレーの毛

[ペレーのけ, pere-noke] (n) Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air)

ペレーの涙

[ペレーのなみだ, pere-nonamida] (n) (See 火山涙) Pele's tears (tearlike drops of volcanic glass)

マール

[ma-ru] (n) (1) maar (broad, shallow volcanic crater) (fre

堰止湖;堰止め湖;堰き止め湖;堰き止湖

[せきとめこ, sekitomeko] (n) dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)

火の輪

[ひのわ, hinowa] (n) (See 環太平洋火山帯) Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific volcanic belt)

火口丘

[かこうきゅう, kakoukyuu] (n) volcanic cone

火砕流(P);火災流

[かさいりゅう, kasairyuu] (n) pyroclastic flow (type of volcanic eruption); stone wind; (P)

火山ガス

[かざんガス, kazan gasu] (n) volcanic gas

火山ガラス

[かざんガラス, kazan garasu] (n) volcanic glass

火山フロント

[かざんフロント, kazan furonto] (n) volcanic front

火山灰

[かざんばい, kazanbai] (n) volcanic ash; (P)

火山灰地

[かざんばいち, kazanbaichi] (n) area covered in volcanic ash

火山灰土

[かざんばいど, kazanbaido] (n) volcanic ash soil

火山灰土壌

[かざんばいどじょう, kazanbaidojou] (n) volcanic ash soil

火山活動

[かざんかつどう, kazankatsudou] (n) volcanic activity

火山岩

[かざんがん, kazangan] (n) volcanic rock

火山岩尖

[かざんがんせん, kazangansen] (n) volcanic spine

火山群

[かざんぐん, kazangun] (n) volcanic group

火山砂

[かざんさ, kazansa] (n) (obsc) volcanic sand

火山砕屑岩

[かざんさいせつがん, kazansaisetsugan] (n) volcaniclastic rock

火山砕屑物

[かざんさいせつぶつ, kazansaisetsubutsu] (n) volcaniclastic material; pyroclastic material

火山作用

[かざんさよう, kazansayou] (n) volcanic action

火山昇華物

[かざんしょうかぶつ, kazanshoukabutsu] (n) volcanic sublimate

火山情報

[かざんじょうほう, kazanjouhou] (n) volcanic activity report; information on volcanic activity

火山塵

[かざんじん, kazanjin] (n) (obsc) volcanic dust

火山性地震

[かざんせいじしん, kazanseijishin] (n) volcanic earthquake

火山性微動

[かざんせいびどう, kazanseibidou] (n) volcanic tremor

火山前線

[かざんぜんせん, kazanzensen] (n) (obsc) (See 火山フロント) volcanic front

火山帯

[かざんたい, kazantai] (n) volcanic belt; volcanic zone

火山弾

[かざんだん, kazandan] (n) volcanic projectiles

火山泥流

[かざんでいりゅう, kazandeiryuu] (n) volcanic mudflow

火山島

[かざんとう, kazantou] (n) volcanic island

火山爆発

[かざんばくはつ, kazanbakuhatsu] (n) volcanic explosion

火山噴出物

[かざんふんしゅつぶつ, kazanfunshutsubutsu] (n) volcanic product

火山脈

[かざんみゃく, kazanmyaku] (n) volcanic range; volcanic chain

火山毛

[かざんもう, kazanmou] (n) (See ペレーの毛) Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air)

火山雷

[かざんらい, kazanrai] (n) volcanic thunderstorm

火山涙

[かざんるい, kazanrui] (n) (See ペレーの涙) Pele's tears (tearlike drops of volcanic glass)

火山列

[かざんれつ, kazanretsu] (n) volcanic chain

火山列島

[かざんれっとう, kazanrettou] (n) chain of volcanic islands

灰土

[かいど;はいつち, kaido ; haitsuchi] (n) ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil

環太平洋火山帯

[かんたいへいようかざんたい, kantaiheiyoukazantai] (n) circum-Pacific volcanic belt; Ring of Fire

陥没湖

[かんぼつこ, kanbotsuko] (n) lake formed in volcanic caldera

緊急火山情報

[きんきゅうかざんじょうほう, kinkyuukazanjouhou] (n) emergency volcanic alert (e.g. an eruption warning); urgent information on volcanic activity

空振;空震

[くうしん, kuushin] (n) atmospheric vibration; infrasound (as produced by volcanic activity)

軽鬆土

[けいそうど, keisoudo] (n) (1) loam; humus; (2) soil formed from fine volcanic ash

御釜;お釜;御竈

[おかま;オカマ, okama ; okama] (n) (1) (pol) (See 釜) pot; (2) volcanic crater; (3) (one's) buttocks; (4) (uk) (col) (often derog.) male homosexual; effeminate man; male transvestite

御神火;ご神火

[ごじんか, gojinka] (n) deified volcano or volcanic eruption

降灰

[こうかい;こうはい, koukai ; kouhai] (n) volcanic ash

大噴火

[だいふんか, daifunka] (n) major volcanic eruption; large-scale eruption; violent eruption; great eruption

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Schlacke { f } | Schlacken { pl } | vulkanische Schlacke { f }

slag; cinder; cinders; scoria | slags | volcanic cinder; volcanic slag

Vulkanausbruch { m }

volcanic eruption

vulkanisch