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Diluvia
(gcide) | Diluvium \Di*lu"vi*um\, n.; pl. E. Diluviums, L. Diluvia.
[L. diluvium. See Dilute, Deluge.] (Geol.)
A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc.,
caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of
glacial ice.
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Note: The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of
water is termed alluvium.
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antediluvian
(encz) | antediluvian,předpotopní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diluvial
(encz) | diluvial,diluviální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diluvian
(encz) | diluvian,diluviální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Antediluvial
(gcide) | Antediluvial \An`te*di*lu"vi*al\
([a^]n`t[-e]*d[i^]*l[=u]"v[i^]*al), a. [Pref. ante- +
diluvial.]
Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.
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antediluvian
(gcide) | antediluvian \an`te*di*lu"vi*an\
([a^]n`t[-e]*d[i^]*l[=u]"v[i^]*an), a.
Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's
time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. -- n.
One who lived before the Deluge.
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Diluvial
(gcide) | 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.
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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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Diluvialist
(gcide) | Diluvialist \Di*lu"vi*al*ist\, n.
One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
--Lyell.
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Diluvian
(gcide) | Diluvian \Di*lu"vi*an\, a. [Cf. F. diluvien.]
Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge;
diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. --Buckland.
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Diluviate
(gcide) | Diluviate \Di*lu"vi*ate\, v. i. [L. diluviare.]
To run as a flood. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
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Postdiluvial
(gcide) | Postdiluvial \Post`di*lu"vi*al\, Postdiluvian
\Post`di*lu"vi*an\, a. [Pref. post- + diluvial, diluvian.]
Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.
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Postdiluvian
(gcide) | Postdiluvial \Post`di*lu"vi*al\, Postdiluvian
\Post`di*lu"vi*an\, a. [Pref. post- + diluvial, diluvian.]
Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.
[1913 Webster]Postdiluvian \Post`di*lu"vi*an\, n.
One who lived after the flood.
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antediluvial
(wn) | antediluvial
adj 1: of or relating to the period before the biblical flood;
"antediluvian man" [syn: antediluvian, antediluvial] |
antediluvian
(wn) | antediluvian
adj 1: of or relating to the period before the biblical flood;
"antediluvian man" [syn: antediluvian, antediluvial]
2: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;
"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas";
"archaic laws" [syn: antediluvian, antiquated, archaic]
n 1: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian
deluge [syn: antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch]
2: a very old person [syn: ancient, antediluvian] |
antediluvian patriarch
(wn) | antediluvian patriarch
n 1: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian
deluge [syn: antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch] |
diluvial
(wn) | diluvial
adj 1: of or connected with a deluge [syn: diluvian,
diluvial] |
diluvian
(wn) | diluvian
adj 1: of or connected with a deluge [syn: diluvian,
diluvial] |
postdiluvian
(wn) | postdiluvian
adj 1: existing or occurring after Noah's flood
n 1: anything living after Noah's flood |
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