DILUVIAL


Meaning of DILUVIAL in English

/di looh"vee euhl/ , adj.

1. pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge.

2. Geol. Now Rare. pertaining to or consisting of diluvium.

Also, diluvian .

[ 1650-60; diluvialis, equiv. to diluvi ( um ) flood (see DELUGE) + -alis -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .