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superplume

noun

Etymology

From super- + plume.

  1. derived from *plewk-✻ — “to fly”
  2. derived from *plouksmā✻
  3. derived from plūma — “feather, plumage”
  4. derived from plume,plome — “feather, plumage”
  5. derived from plum,plume
  6. inherited from plum,plume — “feather; plumage”
  7. prefixed as superplume — “super + plume”

Definitions

  1. A large mantle plume.

  2. An extremely large plume of something (gas, mist, etc.)

    An extremely large plume of something (gas, mist, etc.); a megaplume.

    • Superplumes may increase the rate of movement in the liquid outer core, altering the force of the geodynamo.
    • According to current theory, superplumes affect the shape of the crust, tectonic movement, geomagnetism, climate, and the course of evolution.

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