BLACK SMOKER


Meaning of BLACK SMOKER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1980

: a vent in a geologically active region of the sea floor from which issues superheated water laden with minerals (as sulfide precipitates) ; also : a rock chimney covering such a vent

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