"phreatic" meaning in English

See phreatic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɹiˈæt.ɪk/ Forms: more phreatic [comparative], most phreatic [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek stem of φρέαρ (phréar, “well, spring”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰrewh₁-}}, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{en-adj}} phreatic (comparative more phreatic, superlative most phreatic)
  1. (geology) Of or pertaining to ground water; (volcanology) involving explosively rapid heating of ground water by magma. Wikipedia link: phreatic Categories (topical): Geology, Volcanology Derived forms: phreatic cycle, phreatic eruption, phreatic gas, phreatic line, phreatic surface, phreatic water Translations (Eruption / explosion caused by contact between groundwater and high-temperature material): 潜水蒸气喷发 (Chinese Mandarin), éruption phréatique [feminine] (French), phreatische Explosion [feminine] (German), 水蒸気爆発 (suijōki bakuhatsu) (alt: すいじょうきばくはつ) (Japanese), 수증기 분화 (sujeunggi bunhwa) (Korean), фреатический взрыв (freatičeskij vzryv) [masculine] (Russian), erupción freática [feminine] (Spanish) Translations (Of, or pertaining to ground water): freàtic (Catalan), pohjavesi- (Finnish), pohjaveden- (Finnish), freaattinen (Finnish), phréatique (French), phreatisch (German), freatico (Italian), freático (Portuguese), freatic (Romanian), freático (Spanish)
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