co-ignimbrite
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "The trachytic-phonolitic Campanian Ignimbrite eruption, the largest eruption of the last 200 ka in Europe, erupted from the Phlegrean Fields on the Bay of Naples (Italy) ~39,300 years ago. Geological evidence suggests that the eruption had two main phases; beginning with a sustained Plinian phase followed by a secondary co-ignimbrite phase."
Etymology
From co- + ignimbrite.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: co