Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fiamma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: fi-amma
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A "flame structure" found in welded ignimbrite and tuff: a small, dark lens of glassy material (possibly pumice which was compressed or collapsed during welding).

Example Sentences

"[…] black glass from "fiamma" of ignimbrites from Zavaritzkiy caldera in Simushir Is."
"[…] the largest fiamma in the centre of the photograph has responded in a brittle fashion to […]"
"[…] lenticular "fiamme" of dense black glass. In (d), devitrification has produced radiating spherulites that have grown outward from centers around phenocrysts and across the original shards of glass."
"[…] total phenocryst content in fiamme of pyroclastic rocks and in matrix of coherent rhyolitic rocks; data see Tables 1 and 2; (d) aspect ratio v. maximum particle size (mps) of fiamme (note: this diagram shows field measurements not presented in tables […]"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Italian fiamma (“flame”).

Inflected Forms

fiamme (plural)

Questions

What does fiamma mean?: A "flame structure" found in welded ignimbrite and tuff: a small, dark lens of glassy material (possibly pumice which was compressed or collapsed during welding).
Where does fiamma come from?: Learned borrowing from Italian fiamma (“flame”).

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