vulcaˈnology
(Also volc-).
[f. vulcan- (cf. vulcanic, etc.) + -ology.]
The science or scientific study of volcanoes.
| 1858 Mallet in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 117 Books on Earthquakes and Vulcanology in the Gottingen University Library. 1880 Academy 17 Jan. 49 The part relating to vulcanology would be considerably improved by a detailed account of some one seismological observatory. |