Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyroclastic density current

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: py-ro-clas-tic -den-si-ty cur-rent
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

8

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a pyroclastic flow; a gas-rich, hot, dense, ground-hugging torrent of ash, lapilli, and volcanic blocks that results from the gravitational collapse of a volcanic eruption column, associated with explosive plinian and ultraplinian volcanic eruptions, and which produces a type of volcaniclastic deposit called an ash-flow tuff or an ignimbrite.

Inflected Forms

pyroclastic density currents (plural)

Synonyms

PDC pyroclastic flow pyroclastic surge

Questions

What does pyroclastic density current mean?: a pyroclastic flow; a gas-rich, hot, dense, ground-hugging torrent of ash, lapilli, and volcanic blocks that results from the gravitational collapse of a volcanic eruption column, associated with explosive plinian and ultraplinian volcanic eruptions, and which produces a type of volcaniclastic deposit called an ash-flow tuff or an ignimbrite.

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