Magma Definition

măgmə
magmas, magma
noun
Liquid or molten rock deep in the earth, which on cooling solidifies to produce igneous rock.
Webster's New World
A pasty mixture of crude mineral or organic matter.
Webster's New World
A suspension of precipitated matter in a watery substance.
Webster's New World
The residue of fruits after the juice has been expressed; pomace.
American Heritage

(mathematics) A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.

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Other Word Forms of Magma

Noun

Singular:
magma
Plural:
magmas

Origin of Magma

  • Middle English sediment, dregs from Latin from Greek unguent from massein mag- to knead mag- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek μάγμα (magma, “paste”).

    From Wiktionary

Magma Sentence Examples

  • The magma, or molten lava in the interior of the earth, may be regarded as a mutual solution of various mineral silicates, charged with highly-heated vapour, sometimes to the extent of supersaturation.

  • The water is heated by the hot magma which is underground.

  • Mining - Occasionally you'll come across a mountain with liquid hot magma pouring from within.

  • Get Kyorgre and Groudon out of the cave by using Magma and Aqua.

  • It consists chiefly of elaeolite-syenite and other rocks derived from the same igneous magma.

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