| vulcan | The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; answering to the Greek Hephaestus. Origin: L. Vulcanus, Volcanus: cf. Skr. Ulka a firebrand, meteor. Cf. Volcano. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| vulcanian | 1. Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining to works in iron or other metals. "Ingenious allusions to the Vulcanian panoply which Achilles lent to his feebler friend." (Macaulay) 2. <geology> Volcanic. Origin: L. Vulcanius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vulcanisation | The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure. See: Vulcan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vulcanise | To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanisation. Vulcanised fibre, paper, paper pulp, or other fibre, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. Knight. Vulcanised rubber, India rubber, vulcanised. Origin: Vulcanised; Vulcanising. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vulcanite | Hard rubber produced by vulcanising with a large proportion of sulphur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vulcanology | <study> The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc. See: Vulcan, and -logy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |