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magmata

magmata is the plural of magma.

Meaning of magma

Noun

magma (countable and uncountable, plural magmas or magmata)

  1. 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
  2. A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.
  3. Any soft doughy mass.
  4. The residuum after expressing the juice from fruits.

Questions about magmata

What is magmata the plural of?
Magmata is the plural of magma.

Words near magmata in the dictionary

  1. magmalike
  2. magmaphile
  3. magmas
  4. magmasphere
  5. magmaspheres
  6. magmata
  7. magmatic
  8. magmatically
  9. magmatics
  10. magmatism
  11. magmatological

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