volcanism

English

Alternative forms

vulcanism

Etymology

From French volcanisme, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) +‎ -ism.

Noun

volcanism (countable and uncountable, plural volcanisms)

(volcanology) Any of the natural phenomena and processes associated with the action of volcanos, geysers and fumaroles

Synonyms

volcanicity

Hyponyms

cryovolcanism

Derived terms

Translations

natural phenomena associated with volcanoes

Dutch: vulkanisme (nl) n
Esperanto: vulkanismo
Finnish: vulkanismi (fi)
French: volcanisme (fr) m, vulcanisme (fr) m
German: Vulkanismus (de) m
Hungarian: vulkanizmus (hu)
Italian: vulcanismo m

Polish: wulkanizm m
Portuguese: vulcanismo m
Russian: вулкани́зм (ru) m (vulkanízm)
Serbo-Croatian: vulkanizam m
Spanish: vulcanismo (es) m
Swedish: vulkanism c
Turkish: volkanizma (tr)

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