Tephra Definition

tĕfrə
noun
Clastic volcanic materials, as dust, ashes, or pumice, ejected during an eruption and carried through the air before deposition.
Webster's New World
Solid matter that is ejected into the air by an erupting volcano.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Tephra

Noun

Singular:
tephra
Plural:
tephras

Origin of Tephra

  • Greek tephrā ash dhegwh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Ancient Greek τέφρα (tephra, “ash").

    From Wiktionary

Tephra Sentence Examples

  • The grayish volcanic tephra is unique to each eruption and can be identified microscopically.

  • To survey the main building types in the areas principally at risk and to assess their vulnerability to pyroclastic flow and tephra fall damage.

  • The only historical event (AD 1886) erupted 1.3 km3 of purely basaltic tephra fallout killing about 150 people.

  • Tephra analysis was carried out in order to observe possible isochrones, which were then used to form a relative chronology.

  • Initial results suggest a clear developmental sequence on the flows that have not been disturbed by tephra deposition.

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Words Starting With

TTETEP

Words Ending With

ARAHRA

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Words Starting With T and Ending With A

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With A