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Diluvial
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What's The Definition Of Diluvial?
[adj] of or connected with a deluge
Synonyms | Synonyms for Diluvial: diluvian Related Terms | Find terms related to Diluvial: See Also | Diluvial In Webster's Dictionary \Di*lu"vi*al\, a. [L. diluvialis. fr. diluvium.]
1. Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great
deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.
2. (Geol.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of
water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified
deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar
unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice.
The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.
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