Lapilli vs Cinder - What's the difference?
lapilli | cinder |
A sphere shaped droplet of molten lava ejected from a volcanic eruption which falls to earth while still at least partially molten, ranging in size from 2 to 64 millimeters.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 8, author=Henry Fountain, title=It’s Still Dark Out, So Why Are the Birds Singing Away?, work=New York Times
, passage=They also found rounded granules that are probably accretionary lapilli — volcanic hailstones, formed as material gathers in the air. }}
Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.
An ember.
Slag from a metal furnace.
As a noun lapilli
is a sphere shaped droplet of molten lava ejected from a volcanic eruption which falls to earth while still at least partially molten, ranging in size from 2 to 64 millimeters.As a proper noun cinder is
a river in alaska.lapilli
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* tephra ----cinder
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* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- (Jonathan Swift)