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)

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

   Synonym: volcanicity

   Hyponym: cryovolcanism

   • 2004, Peter Morrison Vitousek, Nutrient Cycling and Limitation: Hawai'i as a Model System‎^[1], →ISBN, page 12:

     This rejuvenation-stage or post-erosional volcanism produces lava even more alkalic than late-stage volcanism.

Derived terms

• cryovolcanism
• glaciovolcanism
• paleovolcanism
• volcanic
• volcanist
• volcanize

Related terms

• volcanology

Translations

natural phenomena associated with volcanoes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火山作用 (zh) (huǒshān zuòyòng)

• Danish: vulkanisme c
• Dutch: vulkanisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: vulkanismo
• Finnish: vulkanismi (fi)
• French: volcanisme (fr) m, vulcanisme (fr) m
• German: Vulkanismus (de) m
• Hungarian: vulkanizmus (hu)
• Irish: bolcánacht f, bolcánachas m
• Italian: vulcanismo (it) m
• Kazakh: вулканизм (vulkanizm)
• Maori: ahi tipua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vulkanisme m

  Nynorsk: vulkanisme m

• Polish: wulkanizm m
• Portuguese: vulcanismo m
• Russian: вулкани́зм (ru) m (vulkanízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вулканизам

  Roman: vulkanizam m

• Spanish: vulcanismo (es) m
• Swedish: vulkanism (sv) c
• Turkish: volkanizma (tr)

Further reading

• volcanism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia