PHREATIC


Meaning of PHREATIC in English

/free at"ik/ , adj. Geol.

1. noting or pertaining to ground water.

2. noting or pertaining to explosive volcanic activity involving steam derived from ground water: a phreatic explosion.

[ 1890-95; phreat- (s. of phréar ) artificial well + -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .