active (dormant) volcano

См. также в других словарях:

• Dormant — means lacking activity. It can refer to: Dormancy in an organism s life cycle Dormant volcano, a volcano that is inactive but may become active in the future Dormant (heraldry), in heraldry, signifying a sleeping animal with head resting upon… …   Wikipedia

• volcano — noun plural volcanoes or volcanos (C) a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which hot rocks, lava, and ash sometimes rise into the air from inside the earth: Pompeii was destroyed when the volcano erupted in 79AD. | active volcano (=a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• volcano — vol|ca|no [vɔlˈkeınəu US va:lˈkeınou] n plural volcanoes or volcanos [Date: 1600 1700; : Italian; Origin: vulcano, from Latin Vulcanus Vulcan ] a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which ↑lava (=very hot liquid rock) is sometimes… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dormant — dor|mant [ dɔrmənt ] adjective something that is dormant is not active or developing now, but it may become active or develop in the future: The plants remain dormant all winter. a dormant volcano lie dormant (=remain dormant): The virus can lie… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dormant — UK [ˈdɔː(r)mənt] / US [ˈdɔrmənt] adjective something that is dormant is not active or developing now, but it may become active or develop in the future The plants remain dormant all winter. a dormant volcano lie dormant (= remain dormant): The… …   English dictionary

• dormant — dor|mant [ˈdo:mənt US ˈdo:r ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: , present participle of dormir to sleep , from Latin dormire] not active or not growing at the present time but able to be active later ≠ ↑active lie/remain dormant ▪ The seeds …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dormant — [[t]dɔ͟ː(r)mənt[/t]] ADJ Something that is dormant is not active, growing, or being used at the present time but is capable of becoming active later on. ...when the long dormant volcano of Mount St Helens erupted in 1980... The virus remains… …   English dictionary

• volcano — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ active, dormant, extinct ▪ erupting ▪ submarine, undersea, underwater … OF VOLCANOES …   Collocations dictionary

• dormant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. torpid; quiescent. See latency, inactivity. Ant., active. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sleeping] Syn. torpid, somnolent, quiescent, lethargic; see asleep . 2. [Inactive] Syn. inoperative, inert, in… …   English dictionary for students

• Active — Ac tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Active capital — Active Ac tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English