different between plutonic vs volcanic

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /plu??t?n?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /plu?t?n?k/
• Hyphenation: plu?ton?ic

Etymology 1

See Plutonic.

Adjective

plutonic (comparative more plutonic, superlative most plutonic)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Plutonic

Etymology 2

From pluton(ium) +? -ic.

Adjective

plutonic (not comparable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Containing plutonium in a higher oxidation state.

Related terms

• plutonous

Romanian

Etymology

From French plutonique.

Adjective

plutonic m or n (feminine singular plutonic?, masculine plural plutonici, feminine and neuter plural plutonice)

1. Plutonic

Declension

English

Etymology

From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v?l?kan?k/
• Hyphenation: vol?can?ic

Adjective

volcanic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes

   volcanic heat.

   volcanic activity.

2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies

   volcanic tufa

   volcanic ash

3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
4. (figuratively) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 556:

     With that the system was complete, and ready to have its disastrous effect on Martin Luther's volcanic temper.

Hyponyms

• cryovolcanic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

volcanic (plural volcanics)

1. A volcanic rock.

   The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.