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  • Eolian
    Eolian
    adjective
    a variant spelling of Aeolian
  • eolian
    eolian
    Relating to, caused by, or carried by the wind. Loess is an eolian deposit.

Eolian

British  
/ iːˈəʊlɪən /

adjective

  1. a variant spelling of Aeolian

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

eolian Scientific  
/ ē-ōlē-ən /
  1. Relating to, caused by, or carried by the wind. Loess is an eolian deposit.


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Eolian L.P., the developer, recently brought similar battery projects online in Texas and plans to begin construction in Portland later this year.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

It's a short step from Hopkins to the full-blown pantheism of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Eolian Harp".

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2013

I caught sight of Denna as she was climbing the final step onto the third level of the Eolian.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

I headed to the Eolian first to retrieve my lute.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

He milled through the three levels of the Eolian, talking with everyone, young and old, musician and not.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss