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Explosivity in a sentence

Explosivity meaning

  1. The state of being explosive
  2. A measure of the extent to which a material is explosive

Using Explosivity

  • The main meaning on this page is: The state of being explosive | A measure of the extent to which a material is explosive
  • In the example corpus, explosivity often appears in combinations such as: volcanic explosivity, explosivity index.

Context around Explosivity

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

volcanic 2×

Often after:

index 2× value 1×

Sentence patterns with Explosivity

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

determine the explosivity value 1× the volcanic explosivity index scale 1× the volcanic explosivity index vei 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the volcanic explosivity 1× volume of products 1×

Common sentence endings:

a plinian eruption 1× eruptive column reached 1× the explosivity value 1×

Words around Explosivity

Just before it in the word index:

explosives 659 explosiveness 42 explosively 33 explosive 1.587 explosions 561 explosion 1.978

Just after it in the word index:

expo 665 exponent 114 exponential 343 exponentially 320 exponentials 15 exponentiation 18

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Explosivity

  • In this selection, "explosivity" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, volcanic, index and value stand out and add context to how "explosivity" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include determine the explosivity value and the volcanic explosivity index scale. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "explosivity" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with explosivity

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Volume of products, eruption cloud height, and qualitative observations (using terms ranging from "gentle" to "mega-colossal") are used to determine the explosivity value. (24 words)

More than 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide were released into the atmosphere. citation On the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale, the eruption was rated a five (a Plinian eruption ). (31 words)

The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) was derived to catalogue the explosive magnitude of historical eruptions, based on the order of magnitude of erupted mass, and gives a general indication as to the height the eruptive column reached. (37 words)

Longer example sentences

The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) was derived to catalogue the explosive magnitude of historical eruptions, based on the order of magnitude of erupted mass, and gives a general indication as to the height the eruptive column reached. (37 words)

More than 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide were released into the atmosphere. citation On the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale, the eruption was rated a five (a Plinian eruption ). (31 words)

Volume of products, eruption cloud height, and qualitative observations (using terms ranging from "gentle" to "mega-colossal") are used to determine the explosivity value. (24 words)

Example sentences (3)

More than 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide were released into the atmosphere. citation On the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale, the eruption was rated a five (a Plinian eruption ).

The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) was derived to catalogue the explosive magnitude of historical eruptions, based on the order of magnitude of erupted mass, and gives a general indication as to the height the eruptive column reached.

Volume of products, eruption cloud height, and qualitative observations (using terms ranging from "gentle" to "mega-colossal") are used to determine the explosivity value.

Common combinations with explosivity

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "explosivity" in a sentence?
An example: "More than 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide were released into the atmosphere. citation On the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale, the eruption was rated a five (a Plinian eruption )." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "explosivity" from authentic English texts.
What does "explosivity" mean?
Explosivity means: The state of being explosive
How many example sentences with "explosivity" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "explosivity", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.