magma — meaning in English

English meaning

• magma noun Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface, which becomes lava when it erupts.

Senses

magma is used for these senses in English:

• magma (geology) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
• magma (mathematics) A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.

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