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LAVA FLOW

Specialty Definition: LAVA FLOW

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Geological

Stream of molten rock that erupts relatively nonexplosively from a volcano and moves slowly downslope. (Miller, 1989)* An outpouring of lava onto the land surface from a vent or fissure. Also, a solidified tonguelike or sheetlike body formed by outpouring lava. (Foxworthy and Hill, 1982). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: LAVA FLOW

Specialty definitions using "LAVA FLOW": blowing cone, buried placerflow unitlava coneprimary successionTuyawhin float. (references)

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Photo Album: LAVA FLOW

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The end of the road caused by a lava flow across the pavement. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Black lava sand beach known locally as the "Drainpipe" - now destroyed by lava flow. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Pahoehoe lava flow on Mauna Loa. Note small cinder cone in the distance. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A view of snow-capped Mauna Kea as seen over an aa lava flow from Mauna Loa. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A pahoehoe lava flow on the slope of Mauna Loa. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expression: LAVA FLOW

Expression using "LAVA FLOW": subterminal lava flow. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: LAVA FLOW

Language Translations for "LAVA FLOW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

éruption sub-terminale (subterminal lava flow). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

溶岩流 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ようが"りゅう. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

avalay owflay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LAVA FLOW

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-f-l-l-o-v-w"

-2 letters: avowal, fallow.

-3 letters: allow, walla.

-4 letters: alfa, alow, avow, awol, fall, fava, flaw, flow, foal, fowl, lava, loaf, olla, oval, wall, wolf.

-5 letters: aal, ala, all, ava, avo, awa, awl, lav, law, low, oaf, ova, owl, vaw, vow.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: LAVA FLOW


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 41 56 41      46 4C 4F 57

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01000001 01010110 01000001 00100000 01000110 01001100 01001111 01010111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#65 &#86 &#65 &#32 &#70 &#76 &#79 &#87

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0041 0056 0041      0046 004C 004F 0057

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46355635240464957

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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