magma
A mixture of molten silicate rock, crystals, and gas within the earth, which may be erupted as lava or cool in place to form igneous intrusions.
Other meanings
A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.
Any soft doughy mass.
A kind of
- rock
Related words
- cryomagma
- magmalike
- magmasphere
- magmic
- postmagma
- quagma
- magma chamber
Word history
From Ancient Greek "μάγμα" (paste).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “magma” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.