white smoker

English

Noun

white smoker (plural white smokers)

  1. (geological oceanography) A kind of hydrothermal vent that emits lighter-hued minerals than those of a black smoker, such as those containing barium, calcium and silicon.
  2. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see white,‎ smoker.
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