VULCANIAN


Meaning of VULCANIAN in English

[ vʌl'keɪnɪən ]

■ adjective Geology relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption marked by periodic explosive events.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Vulcano , the name of a volcano in the Lipari Islands, Italy, + -ian .

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