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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Plume Plume The term 'Plume' as it applies to the area of hazardous materials can be defined as 'A volume of a substance that moves from its source to places farther away from the source. Plumes can be described by the volume of air or water they occupy and the direction they move. For example, a plume can be a column of smoke from a chimney or a substance moving with groundwater'. Previous 5 Terms: Plugged-back footage Plumb Plumb Bob plumbeous plumbiferous Next 5 Terms: Plume Blight Plume Impingement Plume-dominated Fire plumeopicean plumigerous About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.