Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
magma
n : molten rock in the earth's crust
[also: {magmata} (pl)]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
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: .
{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)