[ 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 .
[ 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 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004