SOLIFLUCTION

Meaning of SOLIFLUCTION in English

n. the gradual movement of wet soil etc. down a slope.

Etymology: L solum soil + L fluctio flowing f. fluere fluct- flow

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

SOLIFLUCTION — noun see: fluid Date: 1906 the slow creeping of saturated fragmental material (as soil) down a slope that usually occurs …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOLIFLUCTION — noun also soli·fluxion |sōlə, |sälə+ ( -s ) Etymology: Latin sol um ground, soil + -i- + fluction-, fluctio act …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOLIFLUCTION — /soh'leuh fluk"sheuhn, sol'euh-/ , n. Geol. creep (def. 17a). [ 1915-20; sol ( um ) soil + -i- -I- + …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOLIFLUCTION — noun Etymology: Latin solum soil + -i- + fluction-, fluctio act of flowing, from fluere to flow — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOLIFLUCTION — [ ˌsɒlɪ'flʌkʃ(ə)n , ˌsəʊlɪ- ] ■ noun Geology the gradual movement of wet soil down a slope. Origin early 20th …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOLIFLUCTION — [so.li.fluc.tion] n [L solum soil + -i- + fluction-, fluctio act of flowing, fr. fluere to flow--more at fluid] (1906): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOLIFLUCTION — n. the gradual movement of wet soil etc. down a slope. [L solum soil + L fluctio flowing f. fluere …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOLIFLUCTION — n. the gradual movement of wet soil etc. down a slope. [ L solum soil + L fluctio flowing f. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOLIFLUCTION — The slow downhill flow or creep of soil and other loose materials that have become saturated.
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
SOLIFLUCTION — солифлюкция
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOLIFLUCTION — солифлюкция
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SOLIFLUCTION — солифлюкция
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
SOLIFLUCTION — солифлюкция
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOLIFLUCTION — n. Pronunciation: ' s ō -l ə - ˌ fl ə k-sh ə n Function: noun Etymology: Latin solum soil …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SOLIFLUCTION MANTLE — мантия, покров солифлюкции
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SOLIFLUCTION SLOPE — солифлюкционный склон
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
SOLIFLUCTION LOBE — солифлюкционный язык
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
SOLIFLUXION — noun see solifluction
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOLIFLUCTIONAL — adjective see solifluction
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
STONE STRIPE — noun : one of a set of roughly parallel bands of alternately finer and coarser rock debris that result from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STONE NET — noun or stone polygon or stone ring : an arrangement of rock fragments and soil particles in a polygonal pattern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOIL STRIPE — noun : one of the alternating bands of finer and coarser material comprising a soil structure that are produced in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MASS-WASTING — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: mass (II) + wasting, n. : the process involving movement of mantlerock that is controlled directly by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CREEP — — creepingly , adv. /kreep/ , v. , crept, creeping , n. v.i. 1. to move slowly with the body …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MASS MOVEMENT — also called Mass Wasting, bulk movements of soil and rock debris down slopes in response to the pull of gravity, …
Britannica English vocabulary
LANDSLIDE — also called Landslip, downward mass movement of earth or rock on unstable slopes, including a number of forms that result …
Britannica English vocabulary
LOBE — криволинейный выступ, прилив; бобышка - solifluction lobe
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
SLOPE — 1) наклон 2) откос 3) заложение откоса; крутизна 4) угол наклона касательной к кривой прогибов - slope of beam - …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
СОЛИФЛЮКЦИЯ — solifluction
Большой Русско-Английский словарь

Oxford English vocab

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