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volcanoism

volcanoism is the alternative form of volcanism.

Meaning of volcanism

Noun

volcanism (countable and uncountable, plural volcanisms)

  1. Any of the natural phenomena and processes associated with the action of volcanos, geysers and fumaroles
    • This rejuvenation-stage or post-erosional volcanism produces lava even more alkalic than late-stage volcanism.2004, Peter Morrison Vitousek, Nutrient Cycling and Limitation: Hawai'i as a Model System, →ISBN, page 12
    Synonyms:
    volcanicity

Questions about volcanoism

What is volcanoism the alternative form of?
Volcanoism is the alternative form of volcanism.

Words near volcanoism in the dictionary

  1. volcanogenic
  2. volcanogenically
  3. volcanogenous
  4. volcanoglacial
  5. volcanoing
  6. volcanoism
  7. volcanokarst
  8. volcanolike
  9. volcanolithic
  10. volcanologic
  11. volcanological

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