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depositive

depositive adjective: involving or relating to the process of depositing.

Adjective

depositive (not comparable)

  1. Involving or relating to the process of depositing.
    • Thus a coal stratum found in one locality may not be exactly on the same stratigraphic level as another found not far distant, but both were laid down during a period when the general depositive conditions were the same; […]1916, Wilber Stout, Geology of Southern Ohio
  2. Describing a condition in which lymph is exuded into the derma, forming papules.

Questions about depositive

What does depositive mean?
Depositive means involving or relating to the process of depositing.
What part of speech is depositive?
Depositive is an adjective.

Words near depositive in the dictionary

  1. deposition
  2. depositional
  3. depositionally
  4. depositionary
  5. depositions
  6. depositive
  7. depositivore
  8. depositivores
  9. depositor
  10. depositories
  11. depositors

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