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Definition: Vulcanology |
VulcanologyNoun1. The branch of geology that studies volcanoes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Vulcanology \Vul`can*ol"o*gy\, noun. [See Vulcan, and -logy.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: VulcanologySynonym: volcanology (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Vulcanology |
| Specialty definitions using "vulcanology": physical sciences. (references) |
| "Vulcanology" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vulcanology" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vulcanology | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vulcanology"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Farsi | تشفشان شناسی(volcanology). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ulcanologyvay | ||||
| Words rhyming with "vulcanology" (pronounced 'Vul`can*ol"o*gy'): Aciurgy, Acology, Actinology, Adenology, Aerolithology, Aerology, Agnoiology, Agriology, Agrostology, Aitiology, Alethiology, Algology, Allotriophagy, Alogy, Amphibiology, Amphibology, Anagogy, Analogy, Anemology, Angelology, Angiology, Anthology, Anthropology, Anthropophagy, Antilogy, Apiology, Arachnology, Archaeology, Archelogy, Aretology, Aristology, Arteriology, Arthrology, Assyriology, Astrolithology, Astrology, Astrometeorology, Astrotheology, Atheology, Atmology, Atmospherology, Atomology, Autophagy, Bacteriology, Baggy, Balneology, Barology, Battology, Bibliology, Bibliopegy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-l-l-n-o-o-u-v-y" | |
-4 letters: aglycon, galloon, unvocal, vocally, volcano. | |
-5 letters: clonal, colony, colugo, congou, convoy, coolly, cullay, gallon, glucan, glycan, glycol, lagoon, lanugo, longly, loungy, lunacy, ovally, unclog, uncool. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 75 6C 63 61 6E 6F 6C 6F 67 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- ..- .-.. -.-. .- -. --- .-.. --- --. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01110101 01101100 01100011 01100001 01101110 01101111 01101100 01101111 01100111 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V u l c a n o l o g y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0075 006C 0063 0061 006E 006F 006C 006F 0067 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5687786967808178817391 |
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