单词 | super-eruption |
释义 | super-eruptionn. 1. Dentistry. = overeruption n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > disorders of teeth scale1594 caries1634 tartar1806 odontolith1848 malocclusion1864 pulpitis1869 odontome1870 pericementitis1882 cementoma1893 open bite1893 plaque1898 super-eruption1912 mulberry molar1917 Moon1918 retroclusion1928 bruxism1932 overclosure1934 overeruption1961 1912 Pennsylvania Med. Jrnl. 15 629/2 The lower anterior teeth..are in supereruption to the extent that they are sometimes found embedded in the soft tissues of the palate. 1976 Amer. Jrnl. Orthodontics 69 561 There were..two instances of supereruption of uprighted teeth. 2010 S. Mays Archaeol. Human Bones (ed. 2) viii. 224 This so-called super-eruption of the teeth helps expose the tooth neck to the oral environment. 2. Geology. A volcanic eruption of exceptionally great power; the eruption of a supervolcano. ΚΠ 1943 Trans. Amer. Geophysical Union 24 84 A pronounced change in the whole climate of the Earth might also take place at the time following such a super-eruption. 1989 BioScience 39 168 (caption) The small, birdlike, theropod Velociraptor antirrhopus lived about 100 million years ago in North America, before a supposed comet shower and super eruption. 2010 New Scientist 17 Apr. 32/3 A Yellowstone super-eruption would cause the global temperature to drop by at least 1°C. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1912 |
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