Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The scientific study of volcanic phenomena. Also
vulcanology .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The study of
volcanoes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of geology that studies volcanoes
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Examples
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Between yet even more work, he wants to hit the golf links more often, and when he finishes his next book, Help Yourself For Teens, he'd like to get a degree in volcanology, learn to play the piano, and after that, who knows?
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Contains mixture of animation, graphics, historic and present-day footage to explain Hawaiian volcanology (25 minutes).
unknown title 2009
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Magma Cum Laude is written by Jessica, a soon-to-be graduate student in volcanology.
Archive 2008-06-01 Peggy 2008
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Magma Cum Laude is written by Jessica, a soon-to-be graduate student in volcanology.
Blog Roll Update Peggy 2008
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IVHHN consists of experts and correspondents working in diverse scientific disciplines, such as volcanology, epideminology, toxicology, public health and physical chemistry.
Volcanic Ash -- Effects on Health and Mitigation Strategies 2009
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IVHHN consists of experts and correspondents working in diverse scientific disciplines, such as volcanology, epideminology, toxicology, public health and physical chemistry.
Volcanic Ash -- Effects on Health and Mitigation Strategies 2009
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And oddly some scientific fields such as volcanology and glaciology, will benifit from much lower cost systems for a given level of accuracy.
Schneier on Security 2009
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"Damage is possible in areas hit by at least intensity 5 and if the buildings are structurally weak," said Renato Solidum, head of the volcanology and seismology institute.
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Through combinations of freshly shot documentary film, archival volcanology footage and crystalline abstract animation, their installations reveal a back-of-beyond world lying, as they put it, somewhere "between science fiction and science fact".
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Through combinations of freshly shot documentary film, archival volcanology footage and crystalline abstract animation, their installations reveal a back-of-beyond world lying, as they put it, somewhere "between science fiction and science fact".
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