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magma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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

  1. (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:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Any soft doughy mass.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The residuum after expressing the juice from fruits.

Forms

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magmas Number=Plur lexicographic
magmata Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

magma chamber · magmic · magmalike · quagma · postmagma · magmasphere · cryomagma

Descendants

mắc ma

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)