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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

岩浆

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yánjiāng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Magma/ˈmæɡ.mə/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"地壳底部的岩浆温度极高。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Molten or semi-molten rock located beneath the surface of the Earth.

    "Magma rises through cracks in the Earth's crust to form volcanoes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek word 'magma', meaning 'thick unguent' or 'dregs', which comes from 'massein', meaning 'to knead'. In the mid-19th century, geologists adopted the term into English to describe the molten or semifluid rock located beneath the earth's surface.

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