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aridification

[ uh-rid-uh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

, Ecology.
  1. the long-term process by which a humid region becomes increasingly dry, chiefly as an effect of climate change and often in combination with human interference with the ecology. Compare desertification ( ).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aridification1

First recorded in 1900–05; arid + -i- + -fication

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