vulcanology
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of vulcanology
1855–60; vulcan- (variant of volcan- as in volcanic ) + -o- + -logy
Example Sentences
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“It's like our moonshot. It's going to transform a lot of things,” says Yan Lavelle, a professor of vulcanology at the Ludvigs-Maximllian University in Munich, and who heads KMT’s science committee.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024
Thorvaldur Thordarson, professor in vulcanology at the University of Iceland, said most recent data indicated a smaller risk of an eruption in the area around the town of Grindavik.
From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2023
The quake’s epicenter was near Marradi, northeast of Florence, and it struck at 5:10 a.m., after some smaller temblors, according to Italy’s institute of geophysics and vulcanology.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2023
During the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, the Canary Islands’ vulcanology institute said the amplitude of the volcano’s seismic activity intensified.
From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2021
What on earth, I thought, made me ever take to such a trade as vulcanology?
From The White Man's Foot by Allen, Grant
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