PLINIAN


Meaning of PLINIAN in English

[ 'plɪnɪən ]

■ adjective Geology relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption in which a narrow stream of gas and ash is violently ejected from a vent to a height of several miles.

Origin

C17: from Ital. pliniano , with ref. to the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, in which Pliny the Elder died.

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