turbation
turbation noun: the mixing of soil or sediment, especially pedoturbation.
Noun
turbation (countable and uncountable, plural turbations)
- The mixing of soil or sediment, especially pedoturbation.
- With the onset of the rainy season, swelling closes the cracks, more rapidly in the upper horizons than further down. Trapped material eventually expands inside the soil body causing distortion, convulsion, and churning of the mass (turbation).1980, Hans Jenny, “Swelling, Shrinking, and their Turbations”, in The Soil Resource: Origin and Behavior, page 157
Forms of turbation
| plural | turbations |
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Origin of turbation
From Latin turbātiō, turbātiōnem (“disturbance; confusion”).
Words formed from turbation
Questions about turbation
- What does turbation mean?
- Turbation means the mixing of soil or sediment, especially pedoturbation.
- What part of speech is turbation?
- Turbation is a noun.
- What is the plural of turbation?
- The plural of turbation is turbations.
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