🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

火山岩

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kazangan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Volcanic rock/vɒlˈkæn.ɪk rɒk/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その山はマグマが冷えてできた火山岩で覆われている。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A rock formed from lava erupted from a volcano, typically characterized by a fine-grained or glassy texture due to rapid cooling on the Earth's surface.

    "Pumice and basalt are common types of volcanic rock found near active tectonic plate boundaries."
  2. 2

    Igneous rock extruded onto the surface of the planet rather than cooled slowly beneath the crust.

    "Geologists analyzed the mineral composition of the volcanic rock layers to determine the history of ancient eruptions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'volcanic', derived from Vulcanus, the Roman god of fire, originating via French and Italian from Latin, and 'rock', from Old English 'roc' or Old French 'roque'. It emerged in geological literature during the late 18th century as scientific classification of igneous rocks began to formalize.

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