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Meaning of "diluvial" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DILUVIAL

From Late Latin dīluviālis.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DILUVIAL

diluvial  [daɪˈluːvɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DILUVIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diluvial is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DILUVIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

diluvial

Diluvium

In the Geologic time scale used nowadays in Geology the term Diluvium has been replaced by Pleistocene. Diluvium is a term in geology for superficial deposits formed by flood-like operations of water, and so contrasted with alluvium or alluvial deposits formed by slow and steady aqueous agencies. The term was formerly given to the boulder clay deposits, supposed to have been caused by the Noachian deluge. Diluvial terraces in Central Altay Mountains, Katun River, Little Yaloman Village. July 2011 In the late 20th century Russian geologist Alexei Rudoy proposed the term "diluvium" for description of deposits created as a result of catastrophic outbursts of Pleistocene giant glacier-dammed lakes in intermontane basins of the Altai. The largest of these lakes, Chuya and Kuray, had volumes of water in hundreds of cubic kilometers, and their discharge in peak hydrograph flow rate exceeded the maximum rates of the well-known Pleistocene Lake Missoula floods in North America. The term "diluvium" in the meaning of A. N. Rudoy has become accepted, and the process of diluvial morpholithogenesis can be found in modern textbooks.

Definition of diluvial in the English dictionary

The definition of diluvial in the dictionary is of or connected with a deluge, esp with the great Flood described in Genesis. Other definition of diluvial is of or relating to diluvium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DILUVIAL


alluvial
əˈluːvɪəl
antediluvial
ˌæntɪdɪˈluːvɪəl
colluvial
kəˈluːvɪəl
convivial
kənˈvɪvɪəl
effluvial
ɪˈfluːvɪəl
eluvial
ɪˈluːvɪəl
exuvial
ɪɡˈzjuːvɪəl
fluvial
ˈfluːvɪəl
illuvial
ɪˈluːvɪəl
induvial
ɪnˈdjuːvɪəl
ingluvial
ɪnˈɡluːvɪəl
interfluvial
ˌɪntəˈfluːvɪəl
interpluvial
ˌɪntəˈpluːvɪəl
isopluvial
ˌaɪsəʊˈpluːvɪəl
jovial
ˈdʒəʊvɪəl
khedivial
kɪˈdiːvɪəl
pluvial
ˈpluːvɪəl
postdiluvial
ˌpəʊstdaɪˈluːvɪəl
trivial
ˈtrɪvɪəl
uveal
ˈjuːvɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DILUVIAL

dilly-dally
dilly-dallying
diltiazem
dilucidate
dilucidation
diluent
dilutable
dilute
dilutee
diluteness
diluter
dilution
dilutionary
dilutive
dilutor
diluvia
diluvialism
diluvialist
diluvian
diluvium

WORDS THAT END LIKE DILUVIAL

commercial
editorial
especial
essential
facial
false gavial
financial
gavial
industrial
initial
lixivial
margravial
material
memorial
nontrivial
official
potential
quadrivial
residential
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Synonyms and antonyms of diluvial in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «diluvial» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DILUVIAL

Find out the translation of diluvial to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of diluvial from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «diluvial» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

洪积
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

diluvial
570 millions of speakers

English

diluvial
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूरोढ़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطوفان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

делювиально
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diluvial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পলিজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

diluvial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diluvial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

diluvialen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

洪積
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대홍수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diluvial
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về hồng thủy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

diluvial
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पातळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diluviyum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diluviale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dyluwialnego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

делювіально
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

diluvial
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

κατακλυσμιαία όμως πια
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

diluviaal
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

diluvial
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

diluvial
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diluvial

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DILUVIAL»

The term «diluvial» is normally little used and occupies the 131.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DILUVIAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diluvial

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DILUVIAL»

Discover the use of diluvial in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diluvial and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Diluvial Soils and Their Amelioration
distribution is the growth of its content in the soil profile on the layer with maximum salt content and along the slope of the area in direction of the apron zone of the diluvial slopes (See Fig. 2, 3). Thenatureof changes of pHsoils in some ...
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Explorations in Turkestan; Expedition of 1904: Physiography ...
402 broad and narrow-fronted 416 diluvial, of Germany 416 of Solutrei and Kesslerloch 416 index of basilar and palatal region of . . . . 416 comparative table of cranial dimensions of, in Equus caballus pumpcll1i and other subfossil horses 417 ...
Raphael Pumpelly, 1908
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Explorations in turkestan
402 broad and narrow-fronted 416 diluvial, of Germany 416 of Solutre and Kesslerloch 416 index of basilar and palatal region of . . . . 416 comparative table of cranial dimensions of, in Equus caballus pumpellii and other subfossil horses 417 ...
Raphael Pumpelly, 1908
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Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication
Horses, fossil, subfossil, and recent—Contim1ed. the copper age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Dutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 La Tene time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 European diluvial . . . . . . .391, 394, 395, 416 Hallstadt time .
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The Meaning of Fossils: Episodes in the History of Palaeontology
And this is exactly what Rudwick's book should do for many paleontologists' view of the history of their own field."—Stephen J. Gould, Paleobotany and Palynology "Rudwick has not merely written the first book-length history of ...
Martin J. S. Rudwick, 2008
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The Geologic Column: Perspectives Within Diluvial Geology
This book has brought these different perspectives together with two goals: (1) to better define the real differences within diluvial geology, and (2) to identify the concrete issues that will provide a basis for continued research and, ...
John K. Reed, Michael J. Oard, 2006
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Reliquiae Diluvianae: Or, Observations on the Organic ...
ON THE EXCAVATION OF VALLEYS BY DILUVIAL DENUDATION. I have reserved for this place, in the form of an Appendix, the following details respecting two districts which I have already quoted in my specification of the proofs of diluvial ...
William Buckland, 1823
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Reliquiæ Diluvianæ: Or Observations on the Organic Remains ...
247 filled these valleys, such as chalk, sand, clay, and marl, having been floated off, and drifted far into the mid-channel or the ocean, by the violence of the diluvial waters. The quantity of diluvian gravel which remains lodged upon the slopes, ...
William Buckland, 1824
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Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, Economy, and Society
In terms of landforms, Kanto may be divided into mountains, diluvial upland terraces, and alluvial plains (fig. 5.7). The plains occupy more than half of the Kanto region. The western two-thirds is low diluvial upland. The eastern third contains ...
Pradyumna Prasad Karan, 2005
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Suggestions Relative to the Philosophy of Geology, as ...
These strata would perhaps be now arranged with the tertiary, t For our present purpose it is immaterial whether these depositions be referred to tertiary deposits, or to those that are strictly diluvial. Bowlder stones, consisting of fragments of ...
Benjamin Silliman, 1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DILUVIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term diluvial is used in the context of the following news items.
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5 Lessons From The Bible Story of Noah
For one thing, no one expected a diluvial flood coming down out of the heavens and today few people expect the coming judgment of God in ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
2
Researchers narrow birth estimate for the Takliman Desert
Today, the Takliman is surrounded by diluvial fan systems linking the uplifting mountain chains and the Tarim Basin. The mountains shed ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
3
Westport festival showcases the many flavors of roots music
The rains, which turned near diluvial around 9 p.m., may have kept some people away, but, for the most part, attendance was good at most of ... «Kansas City Star, May 15»
4
Heavy rains displace snakes along Oklahoma streams
... by driving SUVs and operating coal-fired power plants? Maybe the diluvial rains would still occur even were the EPA to become extinct? «Tulsa World, May 15»
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The death of culture: apocalyptic visions of our future underwater
Hurricane Sandy afforded similarly stupendous images of devastation on the east coast of the US. The west of England also became a diluvial ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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Life Without a Cellphone -- Part 4-D: Um, Okay? (Inconclusive …
... me for my just-purchased new relic, and dashed home in a cinematically diluvial downpour. I arrived, inordinately bathed--I arrived, fished out ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
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If the Middle East is the Question, It is Also the Answer
However, society was understood to be the collectivity of corporations. The diluvial corporate developments of the time were entirely motivated ... «CounterPunch, Mar 15»
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Mencoff's minimalism provokes personal response
Diluvial” blends painting and digital techniques in cascades of blue ribbons of water and spiraling clouds over mountains. The image is a roller ... «Boston Globe, Oct 14»
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On View: The Pre-Raphaelites Get a Jewel-Box Show at the Met
... pagan proportions, and model of the ark balanced in hand, he watches his dove return with an olive branch from its second post-diluvial trip. «New York Observer, Sep 14»
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Stepping delicately through a cryptic union at Samuel Freeman
One stand suspends a tree branch wrapped in iridescent chiffon, a poetic gesture evoking the post-diluvial. Cameron has also affixed to a slab ... «Los Angeles Times, Aug 14»

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