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diluvial
(encz) | diluvial,diluviální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
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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diluvial
(wn) | diluvial
adj 1: of or connected with a deluge [syn: diluvian,
diluvial] |
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diluvial
(encz) | diluvial,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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Diluvialist
(gcide) | Diluvialist \Di*lu"vi*al*ist\, n.
One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
--Lyell.
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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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antediluvial
(wn) | antediluvial
adj 1: of or relating to the period before the biblical flood;
"antediluvian man" [syn: antediluvian, antediluvial] |
diluvial
(wn) | diluvial
adj 1: of or connected with a deluge [syn: diluvian,
diluvial] |
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