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vulcanism

vulcanism is the alternative spelling of Vulcanism.

vulcanism is the alternative spelling 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

Proper noun capitalized: Vulcanism

Vulcanism

  1. (historical) The belief, held mostly in the 18th century, that rocks were formed in fire. It was a rival theory to Neptunism.
    Synonyms:
    Plutonism

Synonyms of vulcanism

Forms of vulcanism

Noun
pluralvulcanisms
Proper noun
alternative formvolcanism
alternative formvulcanism

Origin of vulcanism

From Vulcan + -ism.

Questions about vulcanism

What does vulcanism mean?
Vulcanism means the belief, held mostly in the 18th century, that rocks were formed in fire. It was a rival theory to Neptunism.
What is vulcanism the alternative spelling of?
Vulcanism is the alternative spelling of Vulcanism.
What part of speech is vulcanism?
Vulcanism is a proper noun.

Words near vulcanism in the dictionary

  1. vulcanised
  2. vulcaniser
  3. vulcanisers
  4. vulcanises
  5. vulcanising
  6. vulcanism
  7. vulcanisms
  8. vulcanist
  9. vulcanists
  10. vulcanite
  11. vulcanites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vulcanism (page history and authors); Vulcanism (page history and authors); volcanism (page history and authors). 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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