Definitions for lava flow
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1. lava flow

   Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or underwater, usually at temperatures from 800 to 1,200 °C (1,470 to 2,190 °F). The volcanic rock resulting from subsequent cooling is also often called lava. A lava flow is an outpouring of lava during an effusive eruption. (An explosive eruption, by contrast, produces a mixture of volcanic ash and other fragments called tephra, not lava flows.) The viscosity of most lava is about that of ketchup, roughly 10,000 to 100,000 times that of water. Even so, lava can flow great distances before cooling causes it to solidify, because lava exposed to air quickly develops a solid crust that insulates the remaining liquid lava, helping to keep it hot and inviscid enough to continue flowing.The word lava comes from Italian and is probably derived from the Latin word labes, which means a fall or slide. An early use of the word in connection with extrusion of magma from below the surface is found in a short account of the 1737 eruption of Vesuvius, written by Francesco Serao, who described "a flow of fiery lava" as an analogy to the flow of water and mud down the flanks of the volcano (a lahar) after heavy rain.

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1. Lava flow

   In computer programming jargon, lava flow is a problem in which computer code written under sub-optimal conditions is put into production and added to while still in a developmental state. From the Perl Design Wiki: Lava Flow is "when code ... spews forth and becomes permanent, it becomes an architectural feature of the archaeological variety. Things are built atop the structure without question and without hope of changing what is beneath them. The existing code is seen as an historical curiosity." Often, putting the system into production results in a need to maintain backward compatibility with the original, incomplete design. Lava flows are often exacerbated by changes in the development team working on a project. As workers cycle in and out of the project, knowledge of the purpose of aspects of the system can be lost, and rather than clean up these pieces, they are worked around, increasing the complexity and mess of the system. Lava flow is considered an anti-pattern, a commonly encountered phenomenon leading to poor design.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lava flow in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lava flow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of lava flow in a Sentence

1. Benjamin Andrews:

   This problem is most easily illustrated with the example situation where I divert the lava flow to save my house, but as a result, the lava flow destroys someone else's house, as a result of these two factors, lava flows are generally not stopped or diverted.

2. Benjamin Andrews:

   This problem is most easily illustrated with the example situation where I divert the lava flow to save my house but as a result the lava flow destroys someone else's house, as a result of these two factors, lava flows are generally not stopped or diverted.

3. Dale Mason:

   The park is designed to go into the evening and that waterfall will do a show changing from waterfall to firefall to lava flow every night, actually, the show may happen multiple times a night.

4. Richard Rapoza:

   The summit itself is fairly stable, with continued seismic activity and a high likelihood of additional small explosions, the lava flow is contained within a channel flowing to the ocean with only minor outflows.

5. Hawaii County Civil Defense:

   Lava flow from Fissures 7 and 21 crossed into PGV property overnight and has now covered one well that was successfully plugged. That well, along with a second well 100 feet away, are stable and secured, and are being monitored. Also due to preventative measures, neither well is expected to release any hydrogen sulfide.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_Flow
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lava flow