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diluvial

/daɪˈluːvi.əl/

diluvial adjective: relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.

Adjective

diluvial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
    • While stabilized and semistabilized sand dunes prevail in the desert in the Dzungarian Basin, shifting dunes are the rule in this desert, intermittently distributed along both the south and north banks of the O-erh-ch'i-szu Ho [translating 額爾齊斯河 /额尔齐斯河 (É'ěrqísī)] in the northwestern part of the...1975 August 18 [1974 May], “Study of China's Deserts [中国沙漠概论 CHUNG-KUO SHA-MO KAI-LUN]”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 316, United States Joint Publications Research Service...
  2. Pertaining to Noah's Flood.

Synonyms of diluvial

Origin of diluvial

Borrowed from Late Latin dīluviālis.

Words formed from diluvial

Questions about diluvial

What does diluvial mean?
Diluvial means relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
What part of speech is diluvial?
Diluvial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce diluvial?
Diluvial is pronounced /daɪˈluːvi.əl/.

Words near diluvial in the dictionary

  1. dilutometry
  2. dilutor
  3. dilutors
  4. dilutory
  5. diluvia
  6. diluvial
  7. diluvialism
  8. diluvialist
  9. diluvialists
  10. diluvian
  11. diluvianism

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