How do you use Phreatic in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like water, plus the exact meaning.
Phreatic in a sentence
Phreatic meaning
Of or pertaining to ground water; (volcanology) involving explosively rapid heating of ground water by magma.
Synonyms of Phreatic
Using Phreatic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to ground water; (volcanology) involving explosively rapid heating of ground water by magma.
- Useful related words include: water, h2o.
- In the example corpus, phreatic often appears in combinations such as: or phreatic, the phreatic, phreatic surface.
Context around Phreatic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phreatic
- In this selection, "phreatic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, frequent, minor, daily, surface, aquifers and eruption stand out and add context to how "phreatic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 12 the phreatic explosion of and 14 daily phreatic or steam. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phreatic" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phreatic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The project focused on cave deposits known as phreatic overgrowths on speleothems. (12 words)
Water content in a capillary fringe decreases with increasing distance from the phreatic surface. (14 words)
The Earth's crust can be divided into two regions: the saturated zone or phreatic zone (e. (17 words)
The volcano, which is currently under Alert Level 1 (low-level unrest), has logged 14 daily phreatic or steam-driven eruptions, called “pusngat,” from Oct. 8 to Oct. 18. (29 words)
Although Kanlaon has had frequent phreatic explosions, its last magmatic eruption was recorded in 1866, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). (25 words)
On Thursday morning, Taal Volcano recorded a five-minute minor phreatic or steam-driven eruption that produced a 1,500-meter-high white plume. (24 words)
Example sentences (9)
Unconfined aquifers are sometimes also called water table or phreatic aquifers, because their upper boundary is the water table or phreatic surface.
Pilots are also advised not to fly near the summit as ash from the phreatic eruption can pose a danger to aircraft.
Although Kanlaon has had frequent phreatic explosions, its last magmatic eruption was recorded in 1866, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
On Thursday morning, Taal Volcano recorded a five-minute minor phreatic or steam-driven eruption that produced a 1,500-meter-high white plume.
The volcano, which is currently under Alert Level 1 (low-level unrest), has logged 14 daily phreatic or steam-driven eruptions, called “pusngat,” from Oct. 8 to Oct. 18.
Since January 12, the phreatic explosion of Taal Volcano has been observed generating up to a 15-kilometer ash column.
The project focused on cave deposits known as phreatic overgrowths on speleothems.
The Earth's crust can be divided into two regions: the saturated zone or phreatic zone (e.
Water content in a capillary fringe decreases with increasing distance from the phreatic surface.
Common combinations with phreatic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- or phreatic 3×
- the phreatic 3×
- phreatic surface 2×
- phreatic or 2×