|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| vol·ca·nism [ vólkə nìzzəm ] |
noun |
|
| Definition: |
| |
volcanic activity: the processes involved in the formation of volcanoes, and in the transfer of magma and volatile material from the interior of the Earth to its surface
|
| [Mid-19th century. < French volcanisme< volcan "volcano"] |
|
|
|