Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)The study of volcanoes.

    Vulkanologie

    вулканоло́гияvulkanológija

    вулканоло́гіяvulkanolóhija

    the branch of geology that studies volcanoes

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The effusion rate of lava during a volcanic eruption is of fundamental importance in volcanology, given its direct association with hazards.

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Translations

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Origin

From French volcanologie, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcano + -logy.

From French volcanologie, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcano + -logy.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the branch of geology that studies volcanoes:vulcanology

Word family

4 related words

See also

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