diluvium

American  

[dih-loo-vee-uhm] / dɪˈlu vi əm /

Or diluvion

noun

Geology Now Rare.

diluvia, plural diluviums plural

1. a coarse surficial deposit formerly attributed to a general deluge but now regarded as glacial drift.

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diluvium British  

/ daɪˈluːvɪəm, dɪ- /

noun

1. geology a former name for glacial drift See drift

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• diluviums
  plural
• diluvia
  plural

Etymology

Origin of diluvium

1810–20; < Latin dīluvium flood; see deluge

Example Sentences

The date of the elevation of Mount Blanc must, therefore, inevitably be placed between the epoch of the formation of the tertiary strata and the diluvium.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert

Arles is planted upon a nodule of limestone rock that rises out of the diluvium of rolled stones.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

There are cases where alluvial deposits rest upon the diluvium, and from the depth of these it has been attempted to calculate the time that has elapsed since the former of these actions was resumed.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert

While the soil of the Gangetic diluvium almost always contains carbonate of lime, the Beerbhoom soil does not, as far at least as Mr. Laidley had examined it.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

The quarternary formation, aluvium and diluvium, covers the greater portion of the Pacific coast from the foot of the mountains to the sea.

From Guatemala, the country of the future by Pepper, Charles M.