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PRONUNCIATION OF RELICTION

reliction  [ˈrɛlɪkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELICTION

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verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reliction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RELICTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Relict

A relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon. ▪ In biology a relict is an organism that at an earlier time was abundant in a large area but now occurs at only one or a few small areas. ▪ In ecology, an ecosystem which originally ranged over a large expanse, but is now narrowly confined, may be termed a relict. ▪ In geology, the term relict refers to structures or minerals from a parent rock that did not undergo metamorphosis when the surrounding rock did, or to rock that survived a destructive geologic process. ▪ In agronomy, a relict crop is a crop which was previously grown extensively, but is now only used in one limited region, or a small number of isolated regions. ▪ In history, a relict population refers to an ancient people in an area who have been largely supplanted by a later group of migrants and their descendants. ▪ In real estate law, reliction is the gradual recession of water from its usual high-water mark so that the newly uncovered land becomes the property of the adjoining riparian property owner.

Definition of reliction in the English dictionary

The definition of reliction in the dictionary is the process by which water recedes over time, changing the waterline and leaving land permanently exposed. Other definition of reliction is land that is permanently exposed after water recedes from it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RELICTION


addiction
əˈdɪkʃən
affliction
əˈflɪkʃən
benediction
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪkʃən
confliction
kənˈflɪkʃən
constriction
kənˈstrɪkʃən
contradiction
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən
conviction
kənˈvɪkʃən
crucifixion
ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən
depiction
dɪˈpɪkʃən
dereliction
ˌdɛrɪˈlɪkʃən
diction
ˈdɪkʃən
eviction
ɪˈvɪkʃən
fiction
ˈfɪkʃən
friction
ˈfrɪkʃən
infliction
ɪnˈflɪkʃən
interdiction
ˌɪntəˈdɪkʃən
jurisdiction
ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃən
nonfiction
ˌnɒnˈfɪkʃən
prediction
prɪˈdɪkʃən
restriction
rɪˈstrɪkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELICTION

reliable
reliableness
reliably
reliance
reliant
reliantly
relic
relicense
relicensure
relict
relied
relief
relief agency
relief fund
relief map
relief organization
relief pitcher
relief road
relief supplies
relief troops

WORDS THAT END LIKE RELICTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of reliction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «reliction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELICTION

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

Translator English - Chinese

reliction
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reliction
570 millions of speakers

English

reliction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

reliction
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

reliction
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

reliction
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reliction
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

reliction
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

reliction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Relik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

reliction
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

reliction
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

reliction
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Relik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

reliction
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

reliction
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विश्वास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

reliction
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

reliction
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

reliction
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

reliction
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reliction
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

reliction
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reliction
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reliction
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

reliction
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reliction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELICTION»

The term «reliction» is used very little and occupies the 179.693 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RELICTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «reliction» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «reliction» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELICTION»

Discover the use of reliction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reliction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
River & Lake Boundaries: Surveying Water Boundaries--a Manual
Reliction is an uncovering of land as a result of lowering of water level. 5-3 1 Another natural process is treated the same as accretion under most jurisdictions: reliction. Reliction is sometimes referred to as emergence and sometimes as ...
James A. Simpson, 2005
2
Principles of California Real Estate
Accession includes: • accretion, • reliction, and • avulsion. Accretion. When riparian or littoral land is slowly enlarged by waterborne soil deposits (called alluvion or alluvium), the riparian or littoral owner acquires title to the new land.
Kathryn J. Haupt, David L. Rockwell, 2006
3
Great Salt Lake: A Scientific, Historical and Economic Overview
In the fourth phase of the litigation, the United States claimed the area remaining in dispute under the theory of reliction. Reliction is a common law doctrine which holds that the boundary of a navigable body of water can change if through a ...
J. Wallace Gwynn, 1980
4
Water Boundaries: Demystifying Land Boundaries Adjacent to ...
132, 174 artificial reliction. effect. 174. 312, 314- 315 erosion. effect. 95-96. 129. 133. 172. 328 erosion. exceptions to rule, 96 erosion. presumption in favor of. 99. 134 gradual and imperceptible, elements. 93. 129.256. 265-267. 315-319 ...
Bruce S. Flushman, 2002
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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of ...
... 13 N. Y. 296 ; 5 Bingh. 163. But this reliction must be from the sea in its usual state ; for if it should inundate the land and then recede, this would be no reliction . Angell, Tide-Wat. ub. sup. ; Hargrave, Tracts, 15 ; 16 Viner, Abr. 574. See River.
John Bouvier, Daniel Angell Gleason, 1880
6
Real Estate Principles
An addition to one person's property sometimes involves the involuntary alienation of another person's property. In some cases, this type of involuntary alienation occurs as a result of one of these natural processes: • accretion, • reliction, ...
Rockwell Publishing, 2005
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The Northwestern Reporter
That case was tried "and determined upon the theory that a reliction, In fact and in law, had occurred. It was a contest between two Individuals for a portion of a lake bed from which the water was assumed to have permanently receded.
‎1916
8
Washington Real Estate Fundamentals
Accession includes: • accretion, • reliction, and • avulsion. Accretion. When riparian or littoral land is slowly enlarged by waterborne soil deposits (called alluvion or alluvium), the riparian or littoral owner acquires title to the new land.
‎2006
9
Reports of Cases Decide in the Supreme Court of the State of ...
That case was tried and determined upon the theory that a reliction, in fact and in law, had occurred, it was a contest between two individuals for a portion of a lake bed from which the water was assumed to have per- manently receded.
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The Central Law Journal
The court In Mulry v. Norton, in speaking of the reliction of water in a case where land had been submerged and lost, said that if "the water retires gradually from the land, or from an elevation, such as the formation of an island, the ownership of ...
‎1897

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELICTION»

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Determining ownership within boundary disputes Part III: how to …
Was the land affected by accretion, reliction, avulsion, or erosion? What is the nature of the access to the water as it relates to who has access and for what ... «Lexology, May 15»
2
Libmanan vice mayor sinuspendi
Bukod sa suspension ay nahaharap sa kasong abuse of authority, de reliction of duty at pag labag sa ethic standard on public officers and employees si ... «Abante Online, Jan 15»
3
Rainy Lake gets first property owners association
... include the right to wharf out to a navigable depth; to take water for domestic and agricultural purposes; to use land added by accretion or exposed by reliction; ... «International Falls Journal, Sep 14»
4
Nevada reiterates Tahoe shore law
Deemed an "act of avulsion" or a manmade change, as opposed to an "act of accretion or reliction," or natural change in a waterway, the construction of the dam ... «Tahoe Daily Tribune, Aug 11»

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