Plinian
/ˈplɪnɪən/adjective
- Geology relating to or denoting a type of a volcanic eruption in which a narrow stream of gas and ash is violently ejected from a vent to a height of several miles【地质】普林尼式火山喷发的。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Italian pliniano, with reference to the eruption of Vesuvius in ad 79， in which Pliny the Elder died.