An unusually violent solar prominence that usually accompanies a smaller flare, consisting of a brilliant jet of gas which shoots out into the solar corona with a speed on the order of 180 miles (300 kilometers) per second and reaches a height on the order of 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers).

A momentary large increase in the current or voltage in an electric circuit.

1. An upheaval of fluid in a processing system, frequently causing a carryover (puking) of liquid through the vapor lines.

2. The peak system pressure.

3. An unstable pressure buildup in a plastic extruder leading to variable throughput and waviness of the hollow plastic tube.

A wave at the free surface of a liquid generated by the motion of a vertical wall, having a change in the height of the surface across the wavefront and violent eddy motion at the wavefront.

1. Wave motion of low height and short period, from about ¹/₂ to 60 minutes.

2. See <<storm surge>>