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magma

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Magma  \Mag"ma\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  to  squeeze,  knead.] 
  1.  Any  crude  mixture  of  mineral  or  organic  matters  in  the 
  state  of  a  thin  paste.  --Ure. 
 
  2.  (Med.) 
  a  A  thick  residuum  obtained  from  certain  substances 
  after  the  fluid  parts  are  expressed  from  them  the 
  grounds  which  remain  after  treating  a  substance  with 
  any  menstruum,  as  water  or  alcohol. 
  b  A  salve  or  confection  of  thick  consistency. 
  --Dunglison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  magma 
  n  :  molten  rock  in  the  earth's  crust 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Magma 
 
  mathematics,  tool>  A  program  used  for  heavy  duty 
  algebraic  computation  in  many  branches  of  mathematics.  Magma, 
  developed  by  John  Cannon  and  associates  at  the  University  of 
  Sydney,  succeeded  {Cayley}.  It  runs  at  several  hundred  sites. 
 
  E-mail:  . 
 
  {Home  (http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/u/magma/)}. 
 
  [W.  Bosma,  J.  Cannon  and  C.  Playoust  The  Magma  algebra  system 
  I:  The  user  language,  J.  Symb.  Comp.,  24,  3/4,  1997,  235-265]. 
 
  (2000-12-21)




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