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单词 plinian
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  • It would be impossible in any case for me to attempt a Plinian panegyric, or a French éloge.

    The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey
  • Fast-moving deadly pyroclastic flows (“nuées ardentes”) are also commonly associated with plinian eruptions.

    Volcanoes|Robert I. Tilling
  • Read two papers before the Plinian Society of Edinburgh "at the close of 1826 or early in 1827."

    More Letters of Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin
  • The most powerful eruptions are called “plinian” and involve the explosive ejection of relatively viscous lava.

    Volcanoes|Robert I. Tilling

Plinian

/ (ˈplɪnɪən) /

adjective

geology (of a volcanic eruption) characterized by repeated explosions

Word Origin for Plinian

C20: named after Pliny the Younger, who described such eruptions

Words nearby Plinian

pliers, plight, plimsoll, Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark, Plinian, plink, plinth, plinth block, Pliny, plio-
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