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turbations

turbations is the plural of turbation.

Meaning of turbation

Noun

turbation (countable and uncountable, plural turbations)

  1. 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

Questions about turbations

What is turbations the plural of?
Turbations is the plural of turbation.

Words near turbations in the dictionary

  1. turbary
  2. Turbat
  3. turbated
  4. turbation
  5. turbational
  6. turbations
  7. turbeh
  8. turbehs
  9. turbel
  10. turbellaria
  11. turbellarian

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