Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
volcanologist .
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- noun A person who studies
volcanos .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Subandriyo, chief vulcanologist in the area, said the eruption started just before dusk Tuesday.
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Atl becomes a writer, painter, vulcanologist and indefatigable campaigner for the creation of a "super-city" for the artistic and intellectual elite.
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Ash clouds from the remote volcanoes billowed up to 33,000 feet (10 kilometers) and were spreading east across the Pacific Ocean, vulcanologist Sergei Senyukov told Rossiya 24 television.
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Atl becomes a writer, painter, vulcanologist and indefatigable campaigner for the creation of a "super-city" for the artistic and intellectual elite.
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Subandriyo, chief vulcanologist in the area, said the eruption started just before dusk Tuesday.
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"I'm not going to send people back until the mountain shows me it's safe," said Surono, another state vulcanologist, who like many Indonesians uses only one name.
Indonesian Villagers Return To Volcano Homes Despite Grave Warnings 2010
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The vulcanologist said Mount Sinabung last erupted in 1600, so observers don't know its eruption pattern and are monitoring it for more activity.
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Climbing down a spiral staircase into claustrophobic darkness is hardly an everyday experience for a tourist, or indeed for a vulcanologist.
Did you know? The world's smallest volcano is in Puebla, Mexico 2008
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Brendan Fraser is the scientist, searching Iceland for traces of his vulcanologist brother, who may have gone down a volcanic tube.
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The scope of what happened became clear as I drove toward Johnston Observatory, named for vulcanologist David Johnston of the U.S.
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