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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Geol.)
        (a) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the
            material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
        (b) The glassy base of an eruptive rock.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Chem.) The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass,
        as distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma
        of porphyry.
        [1913 Webster] Magna Carta

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  magma
       n : molten rock in the earth's crust
       [also: {magmata} (pl)]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)
       
       

















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