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paterae

paterae is the plural of patera.

Meaning of patera

Noun

patera (plural paterae)

  1. A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
  2. A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
  3. The caldera or crater (dish-shaped depression) atop a volcano, especially an extraterrestrial one; also used in the names of extraterrestrial volcanoes which have such a caldera.
    • What caused the transitions from explosive to effusive volcanism in the Circum-Hellas Volcanic Province generally and during the eruptive lifetimes of individual highland patera volcanoes?2020, James R. Zimbelman, David A. Crown, Peter J. Mouginis-Mark, Tracy K. P. Gregg, The Volcanoes of Mars, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 116

Questions about paterae

What is paterae the plural of?
Paterae is the plural of patera.

Words near paterae in the dictionary

  1. pater
  2. pater cove
  3. pater coves
  4. pater familias
  5. patera
  6. paterae
  7. paterero
  8. patereroes
  9. patereros
  10. paterfamilial
  11. paterfamiliar

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