PINATUBO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pinatubo mean? 

• PINATUBO (noun)
  The noun PINATUBO has 1 sense:

1. a volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy

  Familiarity information: PINATUBO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINATUBO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Mount Pinatubo; Pinatubo

Instance hypernyms:

volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)

 Context examples 

Analyzing the simulations, the research team found that Pinatubo's eruption caused the oceans to cool and sea levels to drop by about 6 millimeters.

(Volcanic eruption masked acceleration in sea level rise, NSF)

As the sunlight-blocking aerosols from Mount Pinatubo dissipated in the simulations, sea levels began to slowly rebound to pre-eruption levels.

(Volcanic eruption masked acceleration in sea level rise, NSF)

The cataclysmic 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines masked the full impact of greenhouse gases on accelerating sea level rise, according to a new study.

(Volcanic eruption masked acceleration in sea level rise, NSF)

Researchers have now determined that the expected increase in sea level rise due to climate change was likely hidden because of a happenstance of timing: Pinatubo erupted in 1991, two years before the first satellite observations of the ocean began.

(Volcanic eruption masked acceleration in sea level rise, NSF)