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lava

1. magma emanating from volcanoes and other vents

2. any extrusive igneous rock formed by the cooling and solidification of molten lava

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lava

[′lä·və]

(geology)

Molten extrusive material that reaches the earth's surface through volcanic vents and fissures.

The rock mass formed by consolidation of molten rock issuing from volcanic vents and fissures, consisting chiefly of magnesium silicate; used for insulators.

LAVA

A language for VLSI that deals with "sticks", i.e. wires represented as lines with thickness.

["A Target Language for Silicon Compilers", R.J. Matthews et al, IEEE COMPCON, 1982, pp. 349-353].

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Lava

(Polish Łyna), a river in Kaliningrad Oblast, RSFSR, and in Poland; a left tributary of the Pregolia River. The Lava measures 289 km long and drains an area of 7,130 sq km. It originates from the Masurian Lakes in Poland and is fed by snow, rain, and groundwaters. The mean flow rate at the mouth is 40.4 cu m/sec. The Lava freezes during the winter for a period of two to three months. It is navigable in its lower course and is linked with Lake Mamry by the Masurian Canal. The city of Pravdinsk is located on the river.

Lava

liquid-molten, primarily silicate material that issues out onto the earth’s surface during volcanic eruptions. It differs from magma by the absence of gases, which escape into the air during the eruption.

Different effusive rocks form from the lava depending on its composition during solidification. Acidic, silica-rich rhyolitic lavas are viscous and usually relatively cool; as a rule, they form domes and, more rarely, spread in the form of lava flows; eruptions are accompanied by a large quantity of ejecta which, together with sedimentary material, is deposited in the form of various tuffs. Medium-composition (andesite) and basic (basaltic) lavas are more mobile and, near the vent, where their temperature is sufficiently high (up to 1000^o-1200°C), may flow as fast as 30 km/hr. In cooling gradually the lava becomes viscous and the rate of flow decreases to a few meters an hour. Lava sometimes issues from the central crater, but more often it issues from the lateral lava fissures (bocca) and flows along depressed parts of the relief in the form of lava flows. When there are large eruptions, lava fills up all depressions and spreads over the surface, forming lava sheets; in such cases “mountain plains,” or lava plateaus, often occur.

V. P. PETROV

Lava

a battle formation and tactical procedure used by the cossack hosts and, with the institution of the 1912 Cavalry Regulations, in all the Russian cavalry.

The troop lava consisted of a forward part (one to four platoons) and a support (at least one platoon) or a guide (one squad). The forward part operated in different orders (primarily a single rank). Among its missions, the lava formation was used for scouting the terrain and enemy forces, disorganizing closed enemy battle formations before a mass cavalry attack, covering a maneuver by friendly troops, and pursuing the enemy.

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For magnetic anomaly data to provide independent estimates of flow thickness, crustal magnetization over the old and new lavas must be determined by representative rock sampling.

The magnetic thickness of a recent submarine lava flow

Deep lunar maria didn't form from a single giant eruption but are the result of thousands of separate lava flows occurring over a time interval perhaps as long as a billion years.

Ghost craters and lava lakes

Samples of lava that erupted onto the ocean floor almost 3.5 billion years ago contain microscopic tubes that may have been created by microbes, researchers say.

Hints of microbes in ancient ocean rocks

Head used Orientale as a starting point to model how lavas fill a basin.

Maria and rings

In the dim reaches of the solar system, a rocky orb sizzles with volcanic hot spots and boiling lakes of lava. It belches sulfurous plumes hundreds of times taller than the World Trade Center.