volcanizationn.
/ˌvɒlkənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌvɒlkn̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌvɔlkənəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌvɔlkəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌvɑlkənəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌvɑlkəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Now rare.
The process of undergoing change by volcanic heat or action; a state resulting from such a process. Also: volcanic activity.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > metamorphism > [noun] > change by volcanic heat
volcanization1790
1790 Monthly Rev. 1 519 Some authors have asserted, that no traces of volcanization are to be discovered in the Pyrenees.
1798 tr. L. Spallanzani Trav. Two Sicilies I. vi. 191 The limits of the volcanization of the Phlegrean fields.
1829 H. A. O. Reichard Descriptive Road-bk. France (new ed.) 314 Further on are three granite mountains, which have remained untouched amidst the volcanisation of Monts Dome.
1873 Overland Monthly June 493/2 After a time this..was burst open at many places by the irrepressible power of volcanization, and in turn was inundated by immense flows of igneous matter.
2010 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 16 Apr. 8 Iceland..is a hot spot where there is enhanced volcanisation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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