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nivation

nivation noun: erosion caused by freezing and thawing due to snow.

Noun

nivation (uncountable)

  1. Erosion caused by freezing and thawing due to snow.

nivation meaning in Tamil

nivation in Tamil

பனி அரிப்பு

Origin of nivation

Coined by Dutch-American topographer and geologist François E. Matthes.

Questions about nivation

What does nivation mean?
Nivation means erosion caused by freezing and thawing due to snow.
What is nivation in Tamil?
Nivation in Tamil is பனி அரிப்பு. See Nivation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nivation?
Nivation is a noun.

Words near nivation in the dictionary

  1. nivalenol
  2. Nivans
  3. Nivar
  4. Nivars
  5. nivated
  6. nivation
  7. nivean
  8. niveau
  9. nivelate
  10. nivellate
  11. nivellated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nivation (page history and authors); nivation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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