Look up: plume

1. Plume
   1. A visible or measurable discharge of a contaminant from a given point of origin. Can be visible or thermal in water, or visible in the air as, for example, a plume of smoke. 2 The area of radiation leaking from a damaged reactor. 3. Area downwind within which a release could be dangerous for those exposed to leaking fumes.
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2. plume
   [n] - a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament 2. [v] - deck with a plume, as of a helmet 3. [v] - form a plume
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3. plume
   a plume of air-borne waste Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics) • radio blackout due to critical-frequency effects alone is possible only in those regions of the -- where the collision frequency is less than about 10 `ex`8. Category: Transport
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4. Plume
   1. An elongated body of fluid, usually mobile and varying in shape. 2. A visible or measurable discharge of a contaminant from a given point of origin. Can be visible or thermal in water, or visible in the air as, for example, a plume of smoke.
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5. Plume
   Plume noun [ French, from Latin pluma . Confer Fly , v. ] 1. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. « Wings . . . of many a colored plume .»...
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6. Plume
   Plume transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Plumed ; present participle & verbal noun Pluming .] [ Confer French plumer to pluck, to strip, Latin plumare to cover wit...
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7. plume
   1. A feather; especially, a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. 'Wings . . . Of many a coloured plume.' (Milton) ... 2. <zoology> An ornamental tuft of feathers. ... 3. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other mater...
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8. plume
   noun a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
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9. Plume
   • (v.) A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward. • (v.) A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers. • (v.) An ornamental tuft of feathers. • (v.) A feather; esp., a...
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10. plume
    (from the article `Earth Sciences`) The geochemistry of lavas from Hawaii provided information about the mantle plume that many geologists assumed transports source rocks from deep in ... ...patterns of plankton abundance may be further influenced by local conditions. Heavy rainfall in coastal regions (especially areas in which ... ....
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11. plume
    plume 1. A feather developed for the purposes of display, being long and showy. 2. A feather; especially, a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. 3. An ornamental tuft of feathers. 4. A large feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament or symbol of rank; such as,...
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12. plume
    
    • a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
    • the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
    
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13. Plume
    (1) A long fringe of hair on the tail. (2) Carrying the tail plume-like over the back.
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14. Plume
    long hair hanging from underside of tail
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15. Plume
    (hydrodynamics) after launch. In hydrodynamics, a `plume` is a column of one fluid or gas moving through another. Several effects control the motion of the fluid, including momentum, diffusion, and buoyancy (for density-driven flows). When momentum effects are more important than density diff...
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16. Plume
    (band) `Plume` is an electronic/punk band formed by Lucas and Catherine Tizon, and originally based in London. Their collaboration was the result of Lucas` love of industrial sound, sound-engineering and his eclectic production technique. The band is now based in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA....
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17. Plume
    (publisher) `Plume` is a publishing company in the United States, founded in 1970 as the trade paperback imprint of New American Library. Today it is a division of Penguin Group, with a backlist of approximately 700 titles. References:
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