Dictionary

Lokian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Loki + -an. The volcanic sense derives from the volcano named Loki on Io (its most powerful volcano and largest caldera).

Meanings

1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of Loki, the Norse trickster god.
   • ... more recently, his friend Roscoe attempted to reconcile all the world with his Lokian trickery — she is drawing waves. 1992, Joan Schweighardt, Island, Permanent PressPub Company, →ISBN:
2. Being or pertaining to an intra-patera volcanic eruption, one confined inside a patera (caldera).
   • Lokian eruptions are those confined inside calderas and they are by far the most common eruption type on lo. They are named after Loki, Io's most powerful volcano and largest caldera (Figure 8.9; see color section). 2004, Rosaly M.C. Lopes, Tracy K. P. Gregg, Volcanic Worlds: Exploring The Solar System's Volcanoes, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 140:

Forms