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Magma - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Magma : (noun)
1: molten rock in the earth's crust
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Magma :
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: .
http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/u/magma/)">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)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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