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eruptional en · ADJ

Etymology

From eruption + -al.

Meanings

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 stage
   • eruptional occlusion

Forms

Deriveds

perieruptional