eruption

Eruption (from Latin eruptio , "outbreak, breakout") stands for:

• the discharge of magma, rocks, gases or ash, the volcanic eruption
• hydrothermal ejection of water, see geyser
• a gas or radiation outbreak on the sun's surface, the solar flare
• the bright glow of a massive star at the end of its life through an explosion, a supernova
• the bright glow from the explosive ignition of the hydrogen burn on the surface of a white dwarf, a nova
• the bright glow in the accretion disk around a white dwarf, a dwarf nova
• uncontrolled leakage of drilling fluid, crude oil and / or natural gas from a borehole, see blowout (deep drilling technique)

• the sudden onset of a rash
• Breaking through (growing out) of teeth, see primary dentition

Eruption mean:

• Eruption (British band) , British musical group from the 1970s and 1980s
• Eruption (German band) , German rock group from the early 1970s
• Eruption, an instrumental piece played by Edward van Halen , see Van Halen (album) #Eruption
• Supervixens - Eruption , the German title of a sexploitation film

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Wiktionary: Eruption  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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