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ACTIVE VOLCANO

Specialty Definition: ACTIVE VOLCANO

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Geological

A volcano that is currently erupting, or has erupted during recorded history. (Teacher's Packet)* A volcano that is erupting. Also, a volcano that is not presently erupting but that has erupted within historical time and is considered likely to do so in the future (there is no distinction between "active" and "dormant" in this sense). (Foxworthy and Hill, 1982). (references)
 A volcano that has erupted within historical time and is likely to do so again in the future. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ACTIVE VOLCANO

English words defined with "ACTIVE VOLCANO": Colima, CotopaxiDemavendEl MistiGalerasMauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Mount Saint Helens, Mount St. Helens, Mt. St. HelensNevado de ColimaPastoVolcan de Colima. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ACTIVE VOLCANO": AgungDormant volcanoEl Chicon. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ACTIVE VOLCANO

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Books

  • Kilauea Hawaii's Most Active Volcano (Volcanoes of the World) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Kilauea: Close-Up of an Active Volcano (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: ACTIVE VOLCANO

Photos:
ACTIVE VOLCANO

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Photo Album: ACTIVE VOLCANO

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Mount Melbourne - an active volcano. 74 21 S Latitude 164 42 E Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Mount Erebus, an active volcano near McMurdo Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Active volcano Mount Erebus overlooks McMurdo Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Dave Hardy, NODC scientist on collecting expedition, followed by biologist Linda Parish. Hardy leading a herpetological collecting expedition on the slopes of the active volcano, La Soufriere. Credit: Small World.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ACTIVE VOLCANO

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

active volcano

93
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ACTIVE VOLCANO

Language Translations for "ACTIVE VOLCANO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

ηφαίστιο εν ενέργεια, ενεργό ηφαίστιο. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

活火山 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かっかざ". (various references)

   

Manx

  

volcaan bio. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

activeay olcanovay

   

Portuguese

  

vulcão ativo. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

volcán en actividad. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ACTIVE VOLCANO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-l-n-o-o-t-v-v"

-3 letters: vocational.

-4 letters: avocation, evocation, vaccinate.

-5 letters: acetonic, analcite, aventail, calcanei, canticle, cavatine, coaction, coactive, colocate, conative, conclave, convolve, covalent, ecotonal, invocate, lactonic, laitance, lavation, location, locative, vacation, vaccinal, valencia, valiance, vocation, vocative, volcanic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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