MAGMA


Meaning of MAGMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmag-mə ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin magmat-, magma, from Greek, thick unguent, from massein to knead — more at mingle

Date: 15th century

1. archaic : dregs, sediment

2. : a thin pasty suspension (as of a precipitate in water)

3. : molten rock material within the earth from which igneous rock results by cooling

• mag·mat·ic mag-ˈma-tik adjective

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