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cryovolcanism

cryovolcanism noun: the activity, and associated phenomena, of a cryovolcano – a volcano that ejects volatile materials rather than magma.

Noun

cryovolcanism (uncountable)

  1. The activity, and associated phenomena, of a cryovolcano – a volcano that ejects volatile materials rather than magma.
    • Cryovolcanism helped explain odd features on moons of Saturn and Uranus as well.1990 August, Rick Gore, “Neptune: Voyager's Last Picture Show”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 47
    • Sites of cryovolcanisms on the surface, where this ammonia and water mixture reaches the surface, are possible locations for life that lives in liquid water but can tolerate ammonia.2009, Robert Brown, Jean Pierre Lebreton, Jack Waite, Titan from Cassini-Huygens, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 228

Origin of cryovolcanism

From cryo- + volcanism.

Questions about cryovolcanism

What does cryovolcanism mean?
Cryovolcanism means the activity, and associated phenomena, of a cryovolcano – a volcano that ejects volatile materials rather than magma.
What part of speech is cryovolcanism?
Cryovolcanism is a noun.

Words near cryovolcanism in the dictionary

  1. cryovaults
  2. cryovial
  3. cryovials
  4. cryovolcanic
  5. cryovolcanically
  6. cryovolcanism
  7. cryovolcano
  8. cryovolcanoes
  9. cryovolcanos
  10. cryphonectriaceous
  11. cryppie

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