magma
/ˈmæɡ.mə/
magma noun: a mixture of molten silicate rock, crystals, and gas within the earth, which may be erupted as lava or cool in place to form igneous intrusions.
Noun
magma (countable and uncountable, plural magmas or magmata)
- A mixture of molten silicate rock, crystals, and gas within the earth, which may be erupted as lava or cool in place to form igneous intrusions.
- By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 10
- A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.
- Any soft doughy mass.
- The residuum after expressing the juice from fruits.
magma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
magma in Hindi
- molten matter
- मैग्मा maigmā
magma in Tamil
- molten matter
- கற்குழம்பு kaṟkuḻampu
magma in Marathi
- मॅग्मा, मॅगमा
magma in Urdu
- میگما, مگما
More languagesFewer languages
- magma in Bengali
- ম্যাগমা
- magma in Telugu
- మాగ్మా, మ్యాగ్మా, మేగ్మా
- magma in Malayalam
- മാഗ്മ, മാഗ്മാ
- magma in Kannada
- ಶಿಲಾಪಾಕ, ಕಲ್ಲೆರಕ, ಕುದಿಗಲ್ಲು
- magma in Punjabi
- ਮੈਗਮਾ
- magma in Gujarati
- મેગ્મા, મેગમા, મૅગ્મા
- magma in Odia
- ମାଗ୍ମା, ମ୍ଯ଼ାଗ୍ମା, ମ୍ଯ଼ାଗମା
- magma in Nepali
- म्याग्मा, म्यागमा, मैग्मा
- magma in Arabic
- صُهَارَة ṣuhāra, مَاغْمَا māḡmā
- magma in Malay
- magma
- magma in Indonesian
- magma
- magma in Persian
- ماگما mâgmâ
- magma in Thai
- หินหนืด hĭn nèut
- magma in Vietnamese
- mắc ma
Examples of magma in a sentence
- Some of these units are interpreted to have undergone magma mixing pre- and (or) syneruptively.
- The island gains its geothermal heat from basaltic magma in the fissure systems of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
- Granitic rocks are microcracked by differential contraction during cooling of the magma.
Forms of magma
| plural | magmas |
|---|---|
| plural | magmata |
Origin of magma
From Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, “paste”).
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Phrases with magma
Words that rhyme with magma
Questions about magma
- What does magma mean?
- Magma means a mixture of molten silicate rock, crystals, and gas within the earth, which may be erupted as lava or cool in place to form igneous intrusions.
- What is magma in Hindi?
- Magma in Hindi is मैग्मा (maigmā). See Magma meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is magma?
- Magma is a noun.
- How do you pronounce magma?
- Magma is pronounced /ˈmæɡ.mə/.
- What is the plural of magma?
- The plural of magma is magmas.
Words near magma in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: magma (page history and authors); magma (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magma (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magma (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magma (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magma (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magma (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); magma (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magma (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magma (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magma (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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