Plume or plumes may refer to:

Science

  • Plume (feather), a prominent bird feather
  • Plume (fluid dynamics), a column consisting of one fluid moving through another fluid
  • Eruption 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
  • Moisture plume, an alternative name for an atmospheric river, a narrow corridor of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere
  • Plumage, the layer of feathers that cover a bird
  • Toilet plume, the aerosolized excreta resulting from the flush of a toilet, especially an uncovered one

Media and literature

  • "Plume" (Air episode), 2005 episode of the Japanese anime Air
  • Plume (Loscil album), 2006
  • Plumes (play), a 1927 one-act play by Georgia Douglas Johnson
  • Plume (poetry collection), a 2012 book by Kathleen Flenniken
  • Plume (publisher), an American book publishing company
  • Plumes, a 1924 novel by Laurence Stallings
  • A song by The Smashing Pumpkins on their 1994 album Pisces Iscariot
  • Plume (EP), 2018 EP by Irama
  • "Plume", song by Caravan Palace on the 2019 album Chronologic

People

  • Plume Latraverse (born 1946), Canadian singer, musician, and writer
  • Amélie Plume (born 1943), Swiss writer
  • Helen Plume, New Zealand climate change expert
  • Ilse Plume, American children's book illustrator
  • Kenneth Plume (born 1977), 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

Other uses

  • Plume (company), a company that provides smart WiFi services for personal households

See also

  • La Plume (disambiguation)
  • Plumb (disambiguation)
  • Plumbe (surname)
  • Pluma (disambiguation)
  • Plumeria
  • Flume