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solifluction

[ soh-luh-fluhk-shuhn, sol-uh- ]

noun

, Geology.


solifluction

/ ˈsəʊlɪ-; ˈsɒlɪˌflʌkʃən /

noun

  1. slow downhill movement of soil, saturated with meltwater, over a permanently frozen subsoil in tundra regions
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Word History and Origins

Origin of solifluction1

1915–20; < Latin sol ( um ) soil + -i- -i- + fluctiōn- a flowing (stem of fluctiō ), equivalent to fluct ( us ) ( fluctuate ) + -iōn- -ion
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Origin of solifluction1

C20: from Latin solum soil + fluctio act of flowing

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