ELUVIATION

Meaning of ELUVIATION in English

/i looh'vee ay"sheuhn/ , n.

the movement through the soil of materials brought into suspension or dissolved by the action of water.

[ 1925-30; ELUVIATE + -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

ELUVIATION — noun Etymology: eluvial of ~ (from e- + -luvial—as in alluvial) + -ation Date: 1899 the transportation of dissolved or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELUVIATION — Removal of dissolved or suspended material from a layer or layers of the soil by the movement of water when …
Английский словарь Британика
ELUVIATION — (ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷vēˈāshən noun ( -s ) : the transportation of dissolved or suspended soil material within the soil by the downward …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELUVIATION — noun Etymology: eluvi al of eluviation (from e- + -luvial —as in alluvial ) + -ation Date: 1899 : the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELUVIATION — [elu.vi.a.tion] n [eluvial of eluviation (fr. e- + -luvial--as in alluvial) + -ation] (1899): the transportation of dissolved or suspended …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ELUVIATION — Removal of dissolved or suspended material from a layer or layers of the soil by the movement of water when …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ELUVIATION — (1) The removal of soil material in suspension (or in solution) from a layer or layers of a soil. (2) …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
ELUVIATION — Pronunciation: ( ˌ ) ē - ˌ lü-v ē - ' ā -sh ə n Function: noun Etymology: eluvi al …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ZONE OF ELUVIATION — The two uppermost zones in the soil profile, consisting of the A-Horizon, from which soluble Salts and Colloids are leached, …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
ILLUVIATION — noun Etymology: 2in- + -luviation (as in eluviation) Date: 1928 accumulation of dissolved or suspended soil materials in one area …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELUVIATED — adjective see: eluviation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELUVIAL — adjective see: eluviation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ILLUVIATION — (ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: in- (II) + -luviation (as in alluviation ) : accumulation of dissolved or suspended …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELUVIATE — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷vēˌāt intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: New Latin eluvi um + English -ate : to undergo eluviation
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELUVIAL — (ˈ)ē|lüvēəl, -vyəl also (ˈ)el|yü- adjective Etymology: New Latin eluvi um + English -al 1. : of, relating to, or composed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELUVIATE — /i looh"vee ayt'/ , v.i. , eluviated, eluviating . to undergo eluviation. [ 1925-30; ELUVI(UM) + -ATE 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELUVIAL — /i looh"vee euhl/ , adj. of or pertaining to eluviation or eluvium. [ 1860-65; ELUVI(UM) + -AL 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELUVIATED — see eluviation
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELUVIAL — see eluviation
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ILLUVIATION — noun Etymology: in- (II) + -luviation (as in eluviation ) Date: 1928 : accumulation of dissolved or suspended soil materials …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ILLUVIATION — [il.lu.vi.a.tion] n [ [2]in- + -luviation (as in eluviation)] (1928): accumulation of dissolved or suspended soil materials in one area …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
E- — [e-] prefix [ME, fr. OF & L; OF, out, forth, away, fr. L, fr. ex-] 1: missing: absent "edentulous" 2: …
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SOIL — earthen material that covers land surfaces and is formed by the action of natural physical, chemical, and biotic forces on …
Britannica English vocabulary
PODZOLIC SOIL — podzolic also spelled Podsolic, also called Lessiv Soil, soil usually forming in a broadleaf forest and characterized by moderate leaching, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOLUM — The top two soil layers, composed of the topsoil (A-Horizon) and the subsoil (B-Horizon, or layer of leached material deposition). …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
B-HORIZON — The lower soil zone which is enriched by the deposition or precipitation of material from the overlying zone, or A-Horizon. …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
A-HORIZON — The uppermost zone in the Soil Profile, from which soluble Salts and Colloids are leached, and in which organic matter …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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