Vulcan

Eigenname

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   The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, especially blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus.

   The goddess Venus was the wife of Vulcan.

   But I perceiue nowe that all red colloured stones are not Rubies, nether is euery one Alexander that hath a stare in his cheke, al lame men are not Vulcans, nor hooke nosed men Ciceroes, nether each professor a poet.

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   A placename. A town in Vulcan County, southern Alberta, Canada.

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   A placename. A volcano in Papua New Guinea.

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   A placename. A place in Romania. A commune of Brașov County, Romania.

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   A placename. A place in Romania. A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.

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   A placename. A place in Romania. A village in the commune of Apold, Mureș County, Romania.

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   A placename. A place in Romania. A village in the commune of Ciuruleasa, Alba County, Romania.

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   A placename. A place in the United States. A ghost town in Gunnison County, Colorado.

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   A placename. A place in the United States. An unincorporated community in Norway Township, Dickinson County, Michigan.

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    A placename. A place in the United States. An unincorporated community in Iron County, Missouri.

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    A placename. A place in the United States. An inactive volcano in New Mexico, United States.

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    historischA placename. A hypothetical planet proposed in the 19th century to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun.

    When Mercury's orbit was discovered to deviate from the predictions from Isaac Newton's laws of gravity, astronomers hypothesized the existence of planet Vulcan, whose gravity could be used to affect Mercury in such a way that Newton's laws were obeyed.

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    Variante von Vulcan CountyA placename. Ellipsis of Vulcan County.

Substantiv

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   A blacksmith; a metalworker.

   How ſay you fryer Robert, out of what foꝛge came theſe warlike engins? they were hammered in Salamanca the ſeuenth day of March, 1602. and are as you ſee, read hote. But what Vulcan was the woꝛkeman of them?

   Cingis-chan (as Haithon and others ſay, his contemporaries) was at firſt by profeſſion a Vulcan or Black-ſmith, by condition a good honeſt ſimple man: […]

   Dis ille aduersis genitus fatoque sinistro, / Quem pater ardentis massae fuligine lippus / A carbone et forcipibus gladiosque paranti / Incude et luteo Volcano ad rhetora misit.

   This bearer is the Vulcan of our village, and one of the eaters of us farmers. He hath a design to buy his goods at the fountain head in the country.

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   altertümlichOne who is lame (unable to walk properly), especially with a twisted or otherwise misshapen leg.

   To make you merry that are the Gods of Art, and guides vnto heauen, a number of rude Vulcans, vnweldy ſpeakers, hammer-headed clownes (for ſo it pleaſeth them in modeſtie to name themſelues) haue ſet their deformities to view, as it were in a daunce here before you.

   And therefore ſo many, who are ſiniſtrous unto Good Actions, are Ambi-dexterous unto bad, and Vulcans in virtuous Paths, Achilleſes in vitious motions.

   [T]hus array’d and ſtump’d, they commend his garb and mein to their neighbours, to make them appear ſuch limping Vulcans as he is.

   The man was a Hercules, or perhaps a Vulcan would be better, since his right leg was twisted and misshapen, and sensibly shorter than its fellow.

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   veraltetFire; a fire.

   Comme vn foible Vulcan, que la troupe frilleuſe / Des paſteurs laiſſe cheoir dans l’orée fueilleuſe / D’vne vaſte foreſt, ſe tient coy quelque tems, / Eſleuant des nuaux fumeuſement flottans / Sur vn humble buiſſon: puis aydé par Zephire / Fait voye rougiſſant aux efforts de ſon ire: / Monte du bas hallier au flairant Aubeſpin, […]

   [Ὅ]ταν δὲ τὸν ἄνδρα τῆς ἀδελφῆς ἠφανισμένον ἐν θαλάττῃ καὶ μὴ τυχόντα νομίμου ταφῆς θρηνῶν λέγῃ μετριώτερον ἂν τὴν συμφορὰν ἐνεγκεῖν / Εἰ κείνου κεφαλὴν καὶ χαρίεντα μέλεα / Ἥφαιστος καθαροῖσιν ἐν εἵμασιν ἀμφεπονήθη, / τὸ πῦρ οὕτως, οὐ τὸν θεὸν προσηγόρευσε.

   [I]n the midſt they make their Vulcan or fire near to a great Tree, upon the ſnags whereof they hang their kettles fil’d with the Veniſon; […]

   [N]or let the crude Humors dance / In heated Braſs, ſteaming with Fire intenſe; / Altho’ Devonia much commends the Uſe / Of ſtrengthning Vulcan; […]

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   veraltetA volcano.

   Mas de los fuegos, que ay en Bolcanes de Indias, que tienen digna conſideracion, diraſe commodamente, quando ſe trate de la diuerſidad de tierras, donde eſſos fuegos, y bolcanes ſe hallan.

   Some think that this was a hill, on the top whereof were Lions and Vulcans of fire, about the middle was paſture and Goats, at the foot Serpents, which Bellerophon made habitable: […]

   Not to mention that the Number of theſe may, in divers Places, be much increaſed, by thoſe Vulcans, that have open Vents to diſcharge their Fumes into the Air; […]

   From the Vulcan of Soconuſco, to the Vulcans of Amilpas, is twelve Leagues. This is all very high and remarkable Land. The two higheſt Vulcans have each a River of freſh Water right againſt them. Theſe Vulcans ſend out Smoke ſometimes, but not often.

Eigenname

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   An inhabited planet, the homeworld of the Vulcan species.

   Steve and I explained the new program to our children, who looked at us as if we had just announced that we were from the planet Vulcan.

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   A language constructed for the Star Trek franchise, spoken by the fictional Vulcan species.

Substantiv

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   An inhabitant of the planet Vulcan; a species that values a personal emphasis on logic and strict personal emotional control.

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   SlangA person who, like the fictional Vulcans, seems to lack emotion or is overly analytical and boring.

   It’s a personality thing more than anything else, as [Barack] Obama has a tendency to appear cold – unwilling or unable to act anything like a father figure.

Adjektiv

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   Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of the fictional Vulcans.

   On the other hand, any being with intellect, will and self-awareness is, by definition, human, whatever its outward appearance or solar system of origin. Captain Kirk is properly Terran, as Spock is Vulcan or Worf is Klingon. They are all human.

   She demonstrated her singing abilities on the show, often accompanying herself on the Vulcan lyre.

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   SlangLacking emotion or overly analytical and boring.

   The military has staffing down to a science (note that the top job is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff). Even four-star generals can think like a staffer. [Colin] Powell’s natural human instinct as a principal might be to run for president, but his Vulcan-staffer side tells him it’s a crazy idea.

   The same could be said of Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), a forensic anthropologist on “Bones” who is so driven and unfeeling that she has to have human emotions explained to her by an F.B.I. agent. (After six seasons, she has warmed up a little, but she hasn’t completely lost her Vulcan detachment.)

   This car is a victim of C.I., that is, "corporate image." As a brand, Acura is so lacking in emotion it's practically Vulcan.

Substantiv

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   The Avro Vulcan, a type of jet-powered British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Cold War.

Formen

Plural

Vulcans

Komparativ

more Vulcan

Superlativ

most Vulcan