Plume

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Plume or plumes may refer to:

Science

• Plume (fluid dynamics), a column consisting of one fluid moving through another fluid
• Eruption column, or volcanic plume, a column of volcanic ash and gas emitted into the atmosphere during an eruption
• Mantle plume, an upwelling of hot rock within the Earth's mantle that can cause volcanic hotspots
• Plumage, the layer of feathers that cover a bird
• Plume (feather), a prominent bird feather

People

• Plume Latraverse (born 1946), Canadian singer, musician, and writer
• Amélie Plume (born 1943), Swiss writer
• Ilse Plume, American children's book illustrator
• Kenneth Plume (born 1977), an American author and broadcaster
• Mike Plume (born 1968), Canadian country music singer and songwriter
• Roberts Plūme (1897–1956), Latvian cyclist and cross-country skier
• Thomas Plume (1630–1704), English churchman and philanthropist, founder of the Plume School

Media and literature

• Plume (poetry collection) by Kathleen Flenniken
• Plume (publisher), an American book publishing company
• "Plume" (Air episode), a 2005 episode of the Japanese anime Air
• Plumes (play), 1927 one-act play by Georgia Douglas Johnson
• Plumes, a 1924 novel by Laurence Stallings
• A 2006 album by Loscil
• A song by The Smashing Pumpkins on their album Pisces Iscariot

Other uses

• Hackle, an ornamental plume on a uniform headdress

See also

• Plumb (disambiguation)
• Plumbe (surname)