pyroclastic flow
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pyroclastic + flow.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US): (file) - (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ.klæ.stɪk fləʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ.klæ.stɪk floʊ/, /ˈpaɪ.ɹə.klæ.stɪk floʊ/
Noun[edit]
pyroclastic flow (countable and uncountable, plural pyroclastic flows)
- (volcanology) A dense flow of volcanic ash, dust, rocks and debris that cascades at high speed down the slope of a volcano during an eruption.
- 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, trade paperback, published 2005, page 465:
- In burning slabs like pyroclastic flow the top of the tower slewed off, militia pods falling out and tumbling.
- 2011, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, page x:
- Most of the material was erupted in the most dangerous way as ‘pyroclastic flows’: incredibly hot volcanic fragments all buoyed up with gas that can travel fasted than a speeding car in pulse after pulse.
Translations[edit]
pyroclastic flow
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