Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In geology, noting the final, most vigorous stage in volcanic eruptions, especially of Vesuvius, during which violent explosions occur, with expulsion of large quantities of steam, ashes, scoriæ, and lava: named after Pliny, the describer of the great eruption of 79
a. d. - Of or pertaining to Pliny; specifically, in natural history, pertaining to C. Plinius Secundus (Pliny), a celebrated Roman author and naturalist (
a. d. 23-79): as, Plinian names. - noun [lowercase] A variety of cobaltiferous arsenopyrite, erroneously supposed by Breithaupt to be distinct in crystallization.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to Pliny the Younger or Pliny the Elder
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Examples
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Volcanologists have recognised the importance of Pliny the Younger's account of the eruption by calling similar events "Plinian".
WN.com - Articles related to South Asia businesses and tourism hit by air crisis 2010
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Other 1 million are calculated in the second emergency boundary, and the worst numbers show that a population of 3 million people living close to the area could risk in case of another strong "Plinian" eruption.
WN.com - Articles related to Goa plans mega tourism circuits with Maharashtra, Karnataka 2010
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Volcanologists have recognised the importance of Pliny the Younger's account of the eruption by calling similar events "Plinian".
WN.com - Articles related to South Asia businesses and tourism hit by air crisis 2010
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Volcanologists have recognised the importance of Pliny the Younger's account of the eruption by calling similar events "Plinian".
WN.com - Articles related to South Asia businesses and tourism hit by air crisis 2010
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Other 1 million are calculated in the second emergency boundary, and the worst numbers show that a population of 3 million people living close to the area could risk in case of another strong "Plinian" eruption.
WN.com - Articles related to Goa plans mega tourism circuits with Maharashtra, Karnataka 2010
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Volcanologists have recognised the importance of Pliny the Younger's account of the eruption by calling similar events "Plinian".
WN.com - Articles related to South Asia businesses and tourism hit by air crisis 2010
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Other 1 million are calculated in the second emergency boundary, and the worst numbers show that a population of 3 million people living close to the area could risk in case of another strong "Plinian" eruption.
WN.com - Articles related to Goa plans mega tourism circuits with Maharashtra, Karnataka 2010
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"My hope is that we'll see some distinctive signals in the infrasound that will allow us to discriminate the different kinds of eruptive styles - from effusive events that produce lava flows, or small explosive events we call vulcanian eruptions, to the large 'Plinian' events of particular concern to aviation.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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A treatise that combined "Plinian lore with the recipes of Martino, cook to Cardinal Trevisan, who kept the best table in Rome."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Top graph shows the amount of magma fragmentation and resulting dispersal of tephra (ash and larger-sized particles) that typically accompanies different styles of eruption (for example, Hawaiian and Plinian).
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