Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
volcanism : rarely used. It is an imitation of the French term volcanicité formerly in use, but later French writers prefer volcanisme.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or state of being
volcanic . - noun The level of power of a
volcano .
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Examples
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Preliminary note on the state of volcanicity of Kilimanjaro.
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Finally we had a few words on the origin of volcanicity and afterwards some discussion on an old point -- the relation to the sea.
Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Robert Falcon Scott 1890
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The lecturer finally reviewed the volcanicity of our own neighbourhood.
Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Robert Falcon Scott 1890
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There's strong evidence to suggest that the massive climate disruptions which appear to have caused the Permian-Triassic extinctions were driven by the outgassing of CO2 from the huge upsurge of volcanicity in Siberia.
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2009
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