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VULCANOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vulcanology mean?
• VULCANOLOGY (noun)
The noun VULCANOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of geology that studies volcanoes
Familiarity information: VULCANOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of geology that studies volcanoes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
volcanology; vulcanology
Hypernyms ("vulcanology" is a kind of...):
geophysical science; geophysics (geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth)
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