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fluviation

fluviation noun: deposition of silt etc. by the action of a river or stream.

Noun

fluviation (usually uncountable, plural fluviations)

  1. (usually) Deposition of silt etc. by the action of a river or stream.
  2. (obsolete, usually) Preparation of flax by soaking it in a stream.
    • This was the first preparation of Flax, and before fluviation or rotting.1683, Thomas Browne, Certain Miscellany Tracts, page 54

Forms of fluviation

pluralfluviations

Origin of fluviation

From Latin fluviātiō, from fluviātus (“fluviated”) + -iō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from fluvius (“river”) + -ātus (“-ate: forming adjectives”) as if from a verb fluviō. Equivalent to fluviated + -ion.

Questions about fluviation

What does fluviation mean?
Fluviation means deposition of silt etc. by the action of a river or stream.
What part of speech is fluviation?
Fluviation is a noun.
What is the plural of fluviation?
The plural of fluviation is fluviations.

Words near fluviation in the dictionary

  1. fluviarchies
  2. fluviarchy
  3. fluviated
  4. fluviatic
  5. fluviatile
  6. fluviation
  7. fluviations
  8. fluvic
  9. fluvio-
  10. fluvio-deltaic
  11. fluviodeltaic

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