Definition of Magmatic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to magma or magmatism. ¹

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Definition of Magmatic

1. magma [adj] - See also: magma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magmatic

magistratical
magistratically
magistrature
magistratures
magistricide
magistricides
magitian
maglev
maglevs
magma chamber
magma chambers
magmalike
magmas
magmata
magmatic (current term)
magmatically
magmatism
magmic
magna cum laude
magna opera
magnalities
magnality
magnalium
magnanerie
magnaneries
magnanery
magnanimities
magnanimity
magnanimous

Literary usage of Magmatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"This process is a separation of the ores from the magma practically in place and in that sense is magmatic segregation. On the other hand, ..."

2. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"Heat Supply and magmatic Temperatures.—Our inquiry may logically begin with a review of the facts indicating the amount of magmatic energy available for the ..."

3. The Deposits of the Useful Minerals & Rocks: Their Origin, Form, and Content by Franz Heinrich August Beyschlag, Johan Herman Lie Vogt (1914)
"I. FORM OF THE SYNGENETIC DEPOSITS (a) magmatic Segregations. Under magmatic deposits is understood those occurrences which owe their origin to separation ..."

4. The Nature of Ore Deposits by Richard Beck (1905)
"SECTION I. magmatic SEGREGATIONS. It is known that all eruptive rocks, ... Although concentrated in compact masses, the ore of these magmatic deposits is ..."

5. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"These may be divided into two groups, viz. those of magmatic origin, and those of sedimentary origin. magmatic segregations (1, 7, 10, 13, 80, 89). ..."

6. The Natural History of Igneous Rocks by Alfred Harker (1909)
"CHAPTER XIII magmatic DIFFERENTIATION The problem of magmatic differentiation.—Possible causes of differentiation in a still fluid magma. ..."

7. The Copper Mines of the World by Walter Harvey Weed (1907)
"Sometimes this magma differentiates to an extreme degree, and magmatic ore ... The waters may be entirely magmatic, or may contain admixed, meteoric, ..."

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