supereruption
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌpʃən
Noun
supereruption (plural supereruptions)
- (dentistry) Overeruption. [from 20th c.]
- The massive eruption of a supervolcano. [from 20th c.]
- 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 204:
- The Los Alamos mesa rested against the eastern slope of the Jemez Mountains, on the rime of the Valles Caldera, formed as a result of two explosive super-eruptions 1.6 and 1.1 million years ago.
- 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 204: