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Adjective: volcanic  vól'ka-nik
  1. Relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
    "a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions"; "volcanic steam"; "volcanic islands such as Iceland"
     
  2. (geology) having igneous rock produced by eruption and that solidified on or near the earth's surface
    "volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian"
     
  3. Explosively unstable
    "a volcanic temper"

See also: extrusive, unstable

Encyclopedia: Volcanic