magma
pronunciation
How to pronounce magma in British English:
UK [ˈmæɡmə]
How to pronounce magma in American English:
US [ˈmæɡmə]
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- Noun:
- molten rock in the earth's crust
Word Origin
- magma
- magma: see make
- magma (n.)
- mid-15c., "dregs," from Latin magma "dregs of an ointment," from Greek magma "thick unguent, ointment," from root of massein "to knead, mold," from PIE *mag- "to knead" (see macerate). Geological meaning "molten rock" is 1859. Related: Magmalic.
Example
- 1. Igneous rock forms when magma cools and solidifies .
- 2. The young moon would have been hot and blanketed by magma .
- 3. A million years ago , molten magma explosively burst above the waves .
- 4. A pocket of magma deep below the lake bed leaks carbon dioxide into the lake above .
- 5. Pavlof 's location means that the extra weight of the adjacent sea could be squeezing magma towards the surface .