plinian

== English == === Etymology === From Pliny +‎ -an. === Adjective === plinian (not comparable) (of a volcanic eruption) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== subplinian ultraplinian ==== Further reading ==== Plinian eruption on Wikipedia.Wikipedia