adj. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain. adj. Headlong; as, precipitous fall. adj. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. adj. Steep, like a precipice. adj. Headlong. adj. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate.
A'a' lava flow burying a road on Etna (Oct. 2002). Brief explanation: A'a' lava is the most common appearance type of lava flows that cool down forming fragmented, rough, sometimes spiny, or blocky surfaces.
Lava. Magma which has reached the surface through a volcanic eruption. The term is most commonly applied to streams of liquid rock that flow from a crater or fissure. It also refers to cooled and solidified rock.ruption. The process by which solid, liquid, and gaseous materials are ejected into the earth's atmosphere and onto the earth's surface by volcanic activity. Eruptions range from the quiet overflow of liquid rock to the tremendously violent expulsion of pyroclastics.