English Explanatory Dictionary

Verneshot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical volcanic eruption event, caused by a buildup of gas, which launches material from the crust and mantle into a suborbital trajectory, leading to further damage as it crashes back to the surface.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Verneshot.

Word forms

Verneshot Verneshots

Etymology

From Verne + shot. Coined by geophysicist Jason Phipps Morgan. Named after French author Jules Verne, who wrote about a projectile escaping Earth's gravity (in the novel From the Earth to the Moon), which Morgan connected to his idea of an eruption launching material into a suborbital trajectory.

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