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Definition of Molten
1. Adjective. Reduced to liquid form by heating. "A mass of molten rock"
Definition of Molten
1. a. Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron.
Definition of Molten
1. Adjective. Melted. ¹
2. Adjective. Made from '''molten''' substance. ¹
3. Adjective. Glowing red-hot. ¹
4. Verb. (past participle of melt) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Molten
1. made liquid by heat [adj] : MOLTENLY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Molten
Literary usage of Molten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Should the crater walls be too weak to resist the pressure of the molten mass,
they will give way, and the lava will rush out from the breach. ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The molten eon.—The condensation of the rock matter of the gaseous spheroid into
a molten spheroid which was surrounded by a hot vaporous atmosphere; ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The molten eon.—The condensation of the rock matter of the gaseous spheroid into
a molten spheroid which was surrounded by a hot vaporous atmosphere; ..."
4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The molten eon.—The condensation of the rock matter of the gaseous spheroid into
a molten spheroid which was surrounded by a hot vaporous atmosphere; ..."
5. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"The theories may be classed under three heads: (I) those which assume a molten
interior; (II) those based upon the assumption that the earth is solid from ..."
6. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"The theories may be classed under three heads: (I) those which assume a molten
interior; (II) those based upon the assumption that the earth is solid from ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1885)
"Ол some Phenomena connected w'dh Iron and other Metals in the solid and molten
states, with notes of experiments. ]}y WJ MILLAR. (2. ..."
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