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vol·can·ic    Audio Help   [vol-kan-ik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to a volcano: a volcanic eruption.
2.discharged from or produced by volcanoes: volcanic mud.
3.characterized by the presence of volcanoes: a volcanic area.
4.suggestive of or resembling a volcano; potentially explosive; volatile: a volcanic temper.

[Origin: 1765–75; volcan(o) + -ic; cf. F volcanique]

vol·can·i·cal·ly, adverb
vol·can·ic·i·ty    Audio Help   [vol-kuh-nis-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun
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vol·can·ic    Audio Help   (vŏl-kān'ĭk, vôl-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, resembling, or caused by a volcano or volcanoes: a volcanic peak; volcanic islands.
  2. Produced by or discharged from a volcano: volcanic ash.
  3. Characterized by the presence of volcanoes.
  4. Powerfully explosive: a volcanic temper.

vol·can'i·cal·ly adv.
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volcanic

adjective
1. relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes; "volcanic steam"; "volcanic islands such as Iceland"; "a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions" 
2. explosively unstable; "a volcanic temper" 
3. igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt; "volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian" 

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volˈcanic [-ˈkӕ-] adjective
of, like, or produced by, a volcano
Example: volcanic rock
Arabic: بُرْكاني
Chinese (Simplified): 火山的
Chinese (Traditional): 火山的
Czech: sopečný
Danish: vulkansk
Dutch: vulkanisch
Estonian: vulkaaniline
Finnish: tuliperäinen
French: volcanique
German: vulkanisch
Greek: ηφαιστειακός, ηφαιστειογενής
Hungarian: vulkanikus
Icelandic: eldfjalla-; eldgosa-
Indonesian: dari gunung berapi
Italian: vulcanico
Japanese: 火山の
Korean: 화산의
Latvian: vulkānisks; vulkāna-
Lithuanian: vulkaninis
Norwegian: vulkansk, vulkan-
Polish: wulkaniczny
Portuguese (Brazil): vulcânico
Portuguese (Portugal): vulcânico
Romanian: vulcanic
Russian: вулканический
Slovak: sopečný
Slovenian: vulkanski
Spanish: volcánico
Swedish: vulkanisk
Turkish: volkanik
See also: volcano

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volcanic

A"que*ous\, a. [Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aquose.]

1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.

The aqueous vapor of the air. --Tyndall.

2. Made from, or by means of, water.

An aqueous deposit. --Dana.

Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water.

Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.)

Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks.

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