Definition of Lavaform

1. in the form of lava [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavaform

lauwine
lauwines
lav
lava
lava-like
lava dome
lava domes
lava lamp
lava lamps
lavabo
lavaboes
lavabos
lavacicle
lavacicles
lavaform (current term)
lavage
lavaged
lavages
lavaging
lavalava
lavalavas
lavalier
lavaliere
lavalieres
lavaliers
lavalike
lavalliere
lavallieres
lavant

Literary usage of Lavaform

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

1. The Century (1902)
"... congealed lavaform into many interesting land-forms, and disappear like evanescent ice on water, or which are surging and boiling as the va- THE ..."

2. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1905)
"So again, many lavaform rocks, and even occasionally intrusive sheets or sills and dykes, have a tendency to split most readily in the direction of flow. ..."

3. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1910)
"In lavaform rocks the columnar structure seems likewise to be related to planes of cooling—the columns being vertical or inclined according as the rock has ..."

4. New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure Whilst by William Abraham Bell (1870)
"A deep rich fringe of basaltic columns adorns the terraces on either side, and this lavaform coating is bright and shining; the edges are as sharp in ..."

5. The Silurian Rocks of Britain by Benjamin Nieve Peach, John Horne, Jethro Justinian Harms Teall (1899)
"It is the most prominent member of the lavaform series, and is traceable for a distance of 400 yards, being followed by fine-grained vesicular diabase-lava ..."

6. Natur und Museum (1891)
"massen in lavaform hervor, unter welchen sich viele weit schwerere finden als Granit und Gneiss. Wir können eine Skala aufstellen, an deren einem Ende der ..."

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