magma en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈmæɡ.mə/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ǵyéti Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma)der. English magma From Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, “paste”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A mixture of molten silicate rock, crystals, and gas within the earth, which may be erupted as lava or cool in place to form igneous intrusions.
By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 10:
- (countable, uncountable) A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.
- (countable, uncountable) Any soft doughy mass.
- (countable, uncountable) The residuum after expressing the juice from fruits.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| magmas | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| magmata | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
magma chamber · magmic · magmalike · quagma · postmagma · magmasphere · cryomagma
Descendants
Hyponyms
intermediate magma (Hyponyms of magma (geology)) · nonsilicic magma (Hyponyms of magma (geology)) · rhyolite magma (Hyponyms of magma (geology)) · alkaline magma (Hyponyms of magma (geology)) · dacite magma (Hyponyms of magma (geology)) · iron oxide magma (Hyponyms of magma (geology)) · felsic magma (Hyponyms of magma (geology)) · mafic magma (Hyponyms of magma (geology)) · basaltic magma (Hyponyms of magma (geology)) · ultramafic magma (Hyponyms of magma (geology))
Translations (75)
cmn 岩漿 /岩浆 (molten matter) · de Magma (molten matter) · ko 마그마 (molten matter) · es magma (algebra: an algebraic structure) · fr magma (molten matter) · nb magma (molten matter) · id magma (molten matter) · de Magma (algebra: an algebraic structure) · fo groyti (molten matter) · th หินหนืด (molten matter) · gl magma (molten matter) · su magma (molten matter) · bg ма́гма (molten matter) · vi mắc ma (molten matter) · tr magma (algebra: an algebraic structure) · ca magma (molten matter) · ja 岩漿 (molten matter) · pt lava (molten matter) · sh ла́ва (molten matter) · sl magma (molten matter) · ja マグマ (molten matter) · lb Magma (molten matter) · he מאגמה (molten matter) · hu magma (molten matter) · fur magma (molten matter) · ms magma (molten matter) · hi मैग्मा (molten matter) · pt magma (molten matter) · sk magma (molten matter) · it magma (molten matter) · fi magma (molten matter) · et magma (molten matter) · mk магма (molten matter) · hy մագմա (molten matter) · new माग्मा (molten matter) · el μάγμα (molten matter) · uk ма́гма (molten matter) · ar صُهَارَة (molten matter) · af magma (molten matter) · ja マグマ (algebra: an algebraic structure) · sw magma (molten matter) · be ма́гма (molten matter) · fi magma (algebra: an algebraic structure) · nn magma (molten matter) · es magma (molten matter) · ar مَاغْمَا (molten matter) · cs magma (molten matter) · da magma (molten matter) · fo grótbræðing (molten matter) · sh màgma (molten matter) · mi tokarewa (molten matter) · io magmo (molten matter) · ta கற்குழம்பு (molten matter) · bo ས་འོག་བྲག་ཞུན (molten matter) · lt magma (molten matter) · sh ма̀гма (molten matter) · tr magma (molten matter) · fo magma (molten matter) · pl magma (molten matter) · eo magmo (molten matter) · mn магма (molten matter) · ru ма́гма (molten matter) · sh láva (molten matter) · fa ماگما (molten matter) · nds Magma (molten matter) · nl magma (molten matter) · km ម៉ាក់ម៉ា (molten matter) · tg магма (molten matter) · is bergkvika (molten matter) · ast magma (molten matter) · lv magma (molten matter) · cmn 原群 (algebra: an algebraic structure) · pt grupoide (algebra: an algebraic structure) · sv magma (molten matter) · ru ла́ва (molten matter)