vulcanism

[vuhl-kuh-niz-uhm]

noun

Geology.

1. volcanism.

vulcanism

/ ˈvʌlkəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. a variant of volcanism

Other Word Forms

• vulcanist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vulcanism¹

First recorded in 1875–80; variant of volcanism

Example Sentences

The Leningrad astronomer Dr Nikolai Kozyrev has made another remarkable spectrographic observation of the Moon’s vulcanism, according to Novosti.

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Yellowstone's near future is the Utah of today, with vulcanism.

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We were five to six thousand feet above sea level now, on a high plateau full of the evidences of recent mountain-building and vulcanism; we were in the Fire-Hills of the Sembensyen Range.

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The origins of this event are not clear but suggestions include vulcanism and climate change and the planet may have warmed or cooled rapidly.

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No geological evidence supports the idea of an unusual frequency of vulcanism or floods 3,500 years ago.

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