cryptovolcanic

[ krip-toh-vol-kan-ik ]

adjective

, Geology.

1. of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cryptovolcanic¹

First recorded in 1920–25; crypto- + volcanic

Example Sentences

Jared Freiburg, critical minerals chief for the Illinois State Geological Survey, calls it “a crazy magmatic cryptovolcanic explosive structure.”

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