tephra
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Etymology [edit]
From the Ancient Greek τέφρα (tephra, “ash”).
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tephra (countable and uncountable; plural tephras)
- (geology) The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 126:
- The sky would have darkened with sheer volume of ash, the grapes would have withered upon the vine; misfortune would have fallen with the inexorability of volcanic tephra upon rich and poor alike.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 126:
