diluvial
Americanadjective
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pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge.
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Geology Now Rare. pertaining to or consisting of diluvium.
adjective
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of or connected with a deluge, esp with the great Flood described in Genesis
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of or relating to diluvium
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of diluvial
1650–60; < Late Latin dīluviālis, equivalent to dīluvi ( um ) flood ( see deluge) + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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For the past two years the South Florida Water Management District, reacting to the diluvial warnings, has drained water from Lake Okeechobee, one of the peninsula's most vital hydrosources, to avoid storm flooding.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is well watered, with numerous springs, brooks, and streams, and, from the prevalence of a firm diluvial soil, affords facilities for roads.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Much of the radiated quartz of this district bears the marks of diluvial action.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
The Mackenzie, on emerging from the Narrows, separates into many branches, which flow to the sea through alluvial or diluvial deltas and islands.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
Among this transported material I observed numerous small fragments of those agates, and other silicious minerals of the quartz family, which characterize the broad diluvial tracts about its sources and upper portions.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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