somma
See also: Somma
English
Etymology
Named after Mount Somma, a stratovolcano in southern Italy with a summit caldera in which the upper cone of Mount Vesuvius has grown.
Noun
somma (plural sommas)
- (geology) A volcanic caldera that has been partially filled by a new central cone.
- 2013, John P. Lockwood, Richard W. Hazlett, Volcanoes: Global Perspectives:
- Eventually, a renewed edifice may grow large enough even to bury its somma, or sommas, completely, leaving no clue in its shape to a history of former catastrophe(s).
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French
Italian
Pronunciation
- Stress: sómma
- IPA(key): /ˈsomma/
Noun
somma f (plural somme)
Derived terms
- in somma
- sommare
Related terms
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