Used in a Sentence

plumes

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for plumes.

Editorial note

Enceladus seems a lot easier, just fly through the volcano plumes and/or land on one of the tiger stripes.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of plumes gathered in one view.

noun

The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.

noun

A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.

noun

An upward spray of mist or water.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for plumes.

noun

The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.

noun

A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.

noun

An upward spray of mist or water.

noun

Things resembling a feather.

Example sentences

1

Enceladus seems a lot easier, just fly through the volcano plumes and/or land on one of the tiger stripes.

2

From a geophysics PoV meteorite strikes are not unlike ground level nuclear explosions in so far as dust plumes go.

3

Also one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus, which shows signs of volcanism with ice plumes.

4

The US will have access to satellite imagery that should be able to identify ultra-violet plumes if a long-range surface-to-air missile was fired.

5

At the bottom of this article there's a link to a news piece over 3 months ago stating frequent steam plumes seen (mid-Sept).

6

We're based in Palo Alto and actually spent a decent amount of time getting information on various groundwater plumes in Santa Clara County.

7

I suppose leach fields and other sorts of chemical filters could prevent this and other chemical plumes.

8

Also, large trucks belching plumes of black soot were pretty common until recently, and this is how many people here still think of diesel.

9

I wish there were English subtitles:( Why does there seem to be black plumes of smoke coming from the rocks/sea floor?

10

And yet there is nothing on horizon except some distant plumes from Dropbox, and now I must add Podio and box.net.

11

I've seen people burning damp leaves and it emits huge plumes of soot.

12

Still I drive in a world of public buses and commercial dump trucks that just pump plumes of black stuff into the air.

Quote examples

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You then interpreted it in the common way, but explaining it using meteor strike dust plumes, which is not how nuclear winter is commonly explained, as the mode is typically burning stacks of flammable material("guesstimated" first by Carl Sagan and his peers).

2

You just need to click on the "groundwater plumes" layer on the left, and when you click on a blue plume it will bring up an info panel, most of which will have a link to the geotracker page which collates most of the useful information about the plume.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use plumes in a sentence?

Enceladus seems a lot easier, just fly through the volcano plumes and/or land on one of the tiger stripes.

What does plumes mean?

The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.

What part of speech is plumes?

plumes is commonly used as noun.