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pedon

pedon noun: a three-dimensional body of soil with dimensions large enough to permit the study of individual soil horizons.

Noun

pedon (plural pedons)

  1. (soil science) A three-dimensional body of soil with dimensions large enough to permit the study of individual soil horizons.

pedon meaning in Tamil

pedon in Tamil

மண் அலகு

Forms of pedon

pluralpedons

Origin of pedon

From pedo- (“soil”) + -on.

Words formed from pedon

Questions about pedon

What does pedon mean?
Pedon means a three-dimensional body of soil with dimensions large enough to permit the study of individual soil horizons.
What is pedon in Tamil?
Pedon in Tamil is மண் அலகு. See Pedon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pedon?
Pedon is a noun.
What is the plural of pedon?
The plural of pedon is pedons.

Words near pedon in the dictionary

  1. pedomorphosis
  2. pedomorphy
  3. pedomotive
  4. pedomotor
  5. pedomotors
  6. pedon
  7. Pedone
  8. Pedones
  9. pedons
  10. pedopathy
  11. pedophage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pedon (page history and authors); pedon (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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