Found 2 items, similar to Diluvial.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: diluvial
diluvial
adj : of or connected with a deluge [syn:
diluvian]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Diluvial
Diluvial
\Di*lu"vi*al\, a. [L. diluvialis. fr. diluvium.]
1. Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great
deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Geol.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of
water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified
deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar
unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice.
The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.
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