volcanically
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- adverb
- /vɒlˈkeɪnɪkli/
- Scientists believe that the island is volcanically active, indicating potential eruptions in the future.
- volcanically active
- volcanically active body
- volcanically heated valleys
Examples
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I'm looking at satellite data of an IR sensor trained on a known volcanically active region of the planet.
Blog text (31) -
And so in fact, the most volcanically active place in the solar system is IO, one of the moons of Jupiter.
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So tell me then, what happens to heat from a volcanically active area?
Blog text (31) -
Nearby is the Champagne Pond, another tide pool that is heated volcanically.
Blog text (10) -
No other world could accommodate both an arctic-adapted species and one accustomed to living in volcanically heated valleys.
Fiction book (2000) -
They lived within volcanically heated valleys and were proficient in crafting metal tools and weapons.
Fiction book (2002) -
Io, the innermost of Jupiter's four Galilean satellites, is by far and away the most volcanically active body in the solar system.
Academic text (2000) -
The rocks on the coastline around Sydney from Bondi to Bronte look volcanically formed, pock-marked, lunar, and twisted into sharp primitives.
Blog text (30) -
So if we want to get at the problem of what causes a place on the earth to be unusually active volcanically, to produce an unusual amount of lava, we can look in this record, these snapshots, to see how this hotspot has behaved over this span of time.
Academic text (2002) -
D'jirar's people lived within volcanically heated valleys in the icy regions that dominated Splendor's land area, or here in the warmer climes of the equator.
Fiction book (2000)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Volcanically comes from volcano, and that name comes from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. So, to do something volcanically is to do it 'by' or 'like' a volcano, with hot lava, strong eruptions, and great heat.