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PLINIAN ERUPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Plinian eruption mean? 

PLINIAN ERUPTION (noun)
  The noun PLINIAN ERUPTION has 1 sense:

1. a volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several milesplay

  Familiarity information: PLINIAN ERUPTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLINIAN ERUPTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("Plinian eruption" is a kind of...):

eruption; volcanic eruption (the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material)


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