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eruptional

eruptional adjective: eruptive.

Adjective

eruptional (comparative more eruptional, superlative most eruptional)

  1. eruptive
    • [T]he inferiority (for instance) of the major planets compared with the sun, is compensated by the inferior attractive power which their eruptional forces have to overcome.1873, Richard A. Proctor, The Borderland of Science: A Series of Familiar Dissertations on Stars, Planets, and Meteors
  2. of or pertaining to an eruption
    • eruptional disease
    • eruptional occlusion

Forms of eruptional

comparativemore eruptional
superlativemost eruptional

Origin of eruptional

From eruption + -al.

Words formed from eruptional

Questions about eruptional

What does eruptional mean?
Eruptional means eruptive.
What part of speech is eruptional?
Eruptional is an adjective.

Words near eruptional in the dictionary

  1. eruptible
  2. erupting
  3. eruption
  4. eruption column
  5. eruption columns
  6. eruptional
  7. eruptions
  8. eruptive
  9. eruptively
  10. eruptiveness
  11. eruptives

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