Megaplume
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A very large plume or column of water.
"A megaplume is a supermass of extremely hot rocks that moves very slowly under the surface of the earth and influences the breakup of tectonic plates."
Example
More examples"A megaplume is a supermass of extremely hot rocks that moves very slowly under the surface of the earth and influences the breakup of tectonic plates."
Etymology
From mega- + plume.
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