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Meaning of Plinian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to Pliny the Younger or Pliny the Elder.
    not-comparable
  2. Descriptive of a style of volcanic eruption similar in character and in intensity to that of the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius witnessed by Pliny the Younger.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Deutsch plinianisch
Français plinien
Italiano pliniano

Examples

“The earliest activity of Monte Vulture, central Italy, included ignimbrites but the bulk of the volcano was built up by plinian airfall deposits.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

plinky plinky-plonky plinthed plinthic plinthiform plinthless

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