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volcano
(encz) | volcano,sopka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Volcano
(gcide) | Volcano \Vol*ca"no\, n.; pl. Volcanoes. [It. volcano, vulcano,
fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See Vulkan.]
(Geol.)
A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form,
from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like,
are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and
lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy
(4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.),
Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which
are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a
volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great
size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length
of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside
the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of
subordinate craters.
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volcano
(wn) | volcano
n 1: a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some
other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
[syn: vent, volcano]
2: a mountain formed by volcanic material |
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volcanoes
(encz) | volcanoes,sopky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
volcanology
(encz) | volcanology, n: |
volcanos
(encz) | volcanos,sopky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Volcano
(gcide) | Volcano \Vol*ca"no\, n.; pl. Volcanoes. [It. volcano, vulcano,
fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See Vulkan.]
(Geol.)
A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form,
from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like,
are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and
lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy
(4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.),
Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which
are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a
volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great
size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length
of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside
the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of
subordinate craters.
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Volcanoes
(gcide) | Volcano \Vol*ca"no\, n.; pl. Volcanoes. [It. volcano, vulcano,
fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See Vulkan.]
(Geol.)
A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form,
from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like,
are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and
lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy
(4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.),
Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which
are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a
volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great
size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length
of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside
the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of
subordinate craters.
[1913 Webster] |
hawaii volcanoes national park
(wn) | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
n 1: a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes |
volcano islands
(wn) | Volcano Islands
n 1: a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific
Ocean to the north of the Marianas |
volcanology
(wn) | volcanology
n 1: the branch of geology that studies volcanoes [syn:
volcanology, vulcanology] |
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