VOLCANOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does volcanology mean? 

• VOLCANOLOGY (noun)
  The noun VOLCANOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of geology that studies volcanoes

  Familiarity information: VOLCANOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOLCANOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of geology that studies volcanoes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

volcanology; vulcanology

Hypernyms ("volcanology" is a kind of...):

geophysical science; geophysics (geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth)