Definitions
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- noun A fast-moving cloudlike mass consisting of gases, hot ash, and other material ejected from an erupting volcano.
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- noun geology A destructive, turbulent, incandescent mass of particles enveloped in gas produced by the
eruption of avolcano
Etymologies
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[French : nuée, large cloud, thundercloud (from nue, cloud, high clouds; see nuance) + ardente, feminine of ardent, burning (from Old French ardant; see ardent in Indo-European roots).]
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French
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artoparts commented on the word nuée ardente
Also nuee ardente see: pyroclastic flow
March 24, 2009